Born in upstate New York, in 1957, Mr. Skurla and his
family moved west to settle in the north Texas area in 1967. A graduate of Texas
A&M University, he has attended art workshops at the SMU School of Art in Dallas, Texas.
He also studied with various national artists, and attended numerous workshops taught by such artists as New York’s
Gregg Kreutz and Wolf Kahn, New Mexico’s Kevin Macpherson and Ann Templeton, and Dallas’s Bob Rohm.
Mr. Skurla exhibited in juried shows, such as the 1992 Regional Richardson Civic Art Show in Richardson,
Texas. In 1993, he exhibited in a 3-Man show at the Historic Pace House in Garland,
Texas. In Denver, he exhibited at the Abend Gallery’s Annual Miniature
Show (‘95 through ‘97).
Through his extensive study of the great artists of the French Impressionism and French and New York
Modern periods, Mr. Skurla has developed his own unique style. He enjoys working
on location and experimenting with color, brush, and painting knife work in order to create vibrant and exciting works of
art. He is in various private and corporate collections, such as JCPenney in
Dallas, Texas.
