Biography - Born in Colorado, Jerry is the fourth generation of McElroys to inhabit this state after his great great grandmother arrived in Denver by covered wagon. He was raised in Boulder and upon graduating from high school entered military service in the U.S. Coast Guard. He graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography in 1977 and has worked as a commercial photographer for 25 years. He is a self trained oil painter who's work centers around the desert southwest and the ancient puebloans. Being of Native American ancestry himself, he is drawn to the places and ruins of the Anasazi who flourished in the Four Corners Area over 700 years ago.