kjer stands for "Kansas Jeremy." Yahoo screwed up things and added the rest. My good grrrl's name is "Julie Jane Russell Because She Ain't No Jack" but we just call her Julie and a host of nicknames (Mz. Demeanor, Land Shark, God Damn it!, etc.) BIO Born in North Dakota, learned to talk in Texas, early elementary years in southern Michigan near Lake Huron, brief time in Miami Beach (during WWII), back to Michigan. Parents divorced and we moved back to northcentral Kansas, which became my adopted home (although folks were 4th or 5th generation Kansans). At 18, joined USAF and served a year in Korea (after the cease-fire) and two in southern Japan; however, the only foreign country I served in was pre-Civil Rights movement Gulf Coast Mississippi! :) My Air Force job was control tower operator, then later worked in headquarters administration. Returned to Kansas, got married to wife number 1 and got a college degree (or two plus) and taught public school (8th Grade English) for 4 years. Adopted two mixed-race children (girl and boy). Spent a year ill and unemployed then began working for 25 years with mentally and multiply challenged folks in State institutions. Divorced after 25 years (amicably), endured 4 years of bachelorhood, then married wife Number 2. (Both fine women, by the way.) Retired for five years then got a part-time college instructor position, teaching Freshmen how to write at the college level for another five years, then retired a second time. Still with wife No. 2.
My first identity was as an artist. Later, also became a writer. Wrote about about nine multi-volumed science-fantasy novel manuscripts. Was given very encouraging rejections by editiors, but just never seemed to be what met their publishing needs. Gave up art (pastel pencils and fine-line ink drawings, mostly) for about 10 years due to operations on wrists that messed up coordination in fingers and created involuntary releases of my grasp. (It's very discouraging to spent 40 hours on a fine-line ink drawing only to drop the pen on it in the last hour or two.) Finally decided that avenue of expression was no longer viable for me and concentrated by creative efforts into writing. Then, about four years ago, I discovered the worlds of Bryce, Poser, and Vue and have been able to go back to my first love; art.
My association with Renderosity has been wonderful. In my gallery I get to combine both my creative loves: writing and art. I appreciate very much the responses and comments of viewers and thank those special few who keep comming back to my gallery. Interests in no particular order: 3D Graphic arts, writing (poetry and novels), photography, science-fiction and fantasy, science in general, astronomy (especially Mars and extra solar planets), ecology.
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Comments (23)
Gisela
Beautiful Mr Kjer!
e-brink
Fabulous image, Jeremy - glad I stopped by - See you around.
grafikeer
Excellent work Jeremy...love the blur on the props,and the lighting is perfectly suited to the locale!
shadownet
Very nice work!
NefariousDrO
Magnificent work, this is some great stuff! I love the terrain and the snowy look, that model is truly beautiful, so it's all just a wonderful render.
geirla
Very nice! Didn't even notice the building in that frozen wilderness util I read the credits...
shingleboot
They are really sweet looking aircraft, nice work
Django
The propeller blur looks awesome
mininessie
love it Jeremy! awesome lighting ...looks so real :D
necrophage
great render - excellent and realistic landscape scenery!
Eldeago
Most excellent!
NetWorthy
Wow, very nice! In a way, a nice tribute to tundra fliers everywhere. Nice job!
waldodessa
Beautiful work Jeremy!
FrenchKiss
This looks fantastic! Most realistic looking image.
debbielove
OUTSTANDING work..... Excellent. Rob.
deevee
What happened to the first Leg? very well done Jeremy!
MagikUnicorn
Excellent winter scene
emmecielle
Beautiful image! :)
Li-An
Very well done!
Tryphon
Well Done jeremy, I've ridden in one of those back in the 80s when i was in the Canadian Armed Forces, in a round about way went from Ottawa to BagotVille in Quebec. Where I then got a ride to Kuujjuaq in an Otter then to Allert on Baffin island by Herc, after 6 months there, three of which were at night I was ready for the Looney Bin, thank the PTB's that I was then sent on a UN duty tour to sunny Cypress (rather deal with the squabling turks & greeks than with the cold any time). That image of yours with all that snow brings back some funny memories, & some miserable ones also, but if i had to do it again I would. Like the desert the Artic has desolate beauty of all of its own, what I enjoyed most was the aurora borealis. Thx for the memories!
mambo
mazingly beautiful work my friend, excellent done.*****
mermaid
very well done, Jeremy, fine and clear render
ontar1
Really nice, cool plane and great landscape, outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!