Steven Ralph Jerman was born in 1962 in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was raised. He worked most of his life as a graphic artist. He first became known for T-shirt designs done while a student at Utah State University. He was then influenced by New York City pop artists after a brief stay in 1984. Later, while working in publishing and with the Salt Lake City AIGA, he became apprised of other designers/illustrators, collage, and digital styles.

Currently, he resides in Logan, Utah. Over his career, he has used different media and several techniques, including naive and abstract. In 2000, after being exposed to Photoshop through magazine art director roles, he created a new style of imagery. He calls the art “Mergings,” which combine separate images based on a concept. He published a book about the artwork in 2010, has spoken about it, and has demonstrated it publicly.

With a child’s imagination to fine art, and recognizing his own time and place, he wishes to begin to sell his fine art, which would be the ultimate culmination of an accomplished and varied career.

Artists Statement
I have always been interested in art, and have been called an “all-around creative brain,” having a wide range of interests, knowledge, and creative abilities. As an awarded commercial artist, I recognized concept, color, composition, and balance as elements of picture-making.

For the past 25 years, I have been employing combinations of acrylic paint, canvas, wood, paper, photography, and digital graphics to create colorful two- and three-dimensional pieces. Pop art, influenced by my profession in publishing and advertising, has had the biggest impact on me. Some work begins with a humorous, clever, heady, or obsessive viewpoint – but finding surprising, eye-catching, and well-designed solutions to any problem is what I find most fulfilling.

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Images

Steven R. Jerman, “Helvetia by Rail,” 2025, Acrylic on handmade paper, 11-7/8 x 11-7/8 in.

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Fluke,” 2025, Acrylic and watercolor on chipboard, 16 x 9 in.

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Movin’ On Up,” 2002, Digital Mergin, 1072 px × 1126 px

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Jimmy Carter,” 2015, Woodburing and acrylic on wood, 6 x 9 in.

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Carbon County Cowboy,” 2009, Digitally manipulated photo, 769 px X 1064 px

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Abstract on Ruess’ Sentinels,” 2025, Acrylc, watercolor and serigraph on cotton rag paper, 11 x 14 in.

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Bar Back,” 2025, Acrylic on serigraped,punched chipboard, 6 x 8-5/8 in.

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Julia Child,” 2022, Woodburning and acrylic on wooden tray, 12 x 9-1/2 x 2-1/2 in.

 

Steven R. Jerman, “Geronimo,” 2013, Acrylc on digital printed canvas mounted on foamcore, 23 x 30 in.

Steven R. Jerman, “Hammered Gold Box,” 2015, Woodburning, acrylic, wooden box, brass hasp, 5 x 3-1/2 x 2 in.

 

All images copyright © Steven Ralph Jerman

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