Jerral Derryberry grew up in small towns in Texas, Colorado and West Virginia.
His formal education was in architecture, having earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from University of Texas at Austin. The training he received in architectural illustration techniques, casein, gauche and watercolor gave him the means to work his way through college and also were the first steps toward his future as a fine artist.
In the 80’s through the late 90’s, he relocated to Taos and Santa Fe New Mexico, where he concentrated his efforts on studying the oil painting techniques of the great New Mexico impressionist masters. It was during this period that he began painting primarily plein air subjects and selling his paintings in galleries, juried shows and exhibitions.
His work has been published in Southwest Art Magazine, Art of the West, Art Gallery International Magazine, Southwind Magazine and Dallas Bar Association’s Headnotes.