Manny Jomok came to this country at a young age from the Philippines. He grew up and was educated in the Central New Jersey Shore area and received a BA degree in Art Education from Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ. After serving as a Naval Photographer, Manny spent fourteen years in youth services teaching art to disadvantage and delinquent children. His art career as a watercolorist blossomed after taking workshops with nationally renowned watercolor artists, Pat Dews, Frank Francese, Robert O’Brien and painting and exhibiting with the Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Shore. He has also studied with the late Timothy Thies and in 2010 with Don Andrews. Manny retired from the US Postal Service in 2008 and along with his wife embarked on an adventure to travel the country in an RV, reaching as far as Alaska in 2009. During his travel, he has become a member of, and painted with, art groups such as the San Antonio Watercolor Group; International Plein Air Painters, Niagara Falls; Acadia Plein Air, Mt. Desert Island, Maine; Coastal Fine Arts Alliance of Maine; Palm Beach Watercolor Society (FL); Florida Plein Air; Delray Art League (FL); and the Florida Watercolor Society. Manny’s winter residence is in Delray Beach, Florida and spends his summers in Bar Harbor, Maine.

“The attempt to capture in my paintings how light affects the color, forms, atmosphere and mood found outdoors on site, becomes an alluring challenge to me. Watercolor’s transparency, subtle and gentle effects can produce a creative expression that’s unique and captivating. Associating with plein air artists throughout the country aligns me with an artistic style found in the realistic and impressionistic tradition.”

Manny’s art pieces are found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Canada, England and Australia. He exhibits regularly in Maine and Florida and is currently represented by the Frederick Gallery, Spring Lake, NJ and the Works of Hand Artist Gallery, Winter Harbor, ME.