MIKE WIMMER
MFA Hartford University BFA Oklahoma University |
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Mike Wimmer is an award winning professional artist living in Oklahoma with an international reputation as an artist.
Mike currently serves as the Distinguished Visiting Artist at the School of Visual Arts in the Petree College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma City University. He currently lives in Edmond, OK with his wife Jime who is an Assistant Professor at University of Central Oklahoma. Together they have 4 children and one grandchild.
Mike has illustrated some 15 children’s books including, “Will Rogers, an American Legend”, “Theodore”, “George”, and “Abraham”, by former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating.
Mike has been featured in an Emmy Award winning production of the television series “Gallery” which runs on OETA. He has produced artwork for some of the largest corporations in the world, including Disney, Proctor and gamble. RJR Nabisco, Kimberly Clark, and has had the honor of painting the portraits of some of America’s most prestigious citizens. His work has recently been seen on packages of Celestial Seasons Teas, and has painted some 300 covers for almost every major publisher in the United States.
Mike’s goals have remarkably stayed the same throughout his career: “The details help tell the story.” The details are not only found in his paintings, but in his life as a teacher, a husband and a father. These goals are wrapped up in his personal motto; “Learn It, Live It, and Teach It.”
Mike currently serves as the Distinguished Visiting Artist at the School of Visual Arts in the Petree College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma City University. He currently lives in Edmond, OK with his wife Jime who is an Assistant Professor at University of Central Oklahoma. Together they have 4 children and one grandchild.
Mike has illustrated some 15 children’s books including, “Will Rogers, an American Legend”, “Theodore”, “George”, and “Abraham”, by former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating.
Mike has been featured in an Emmy Award winning production of the television series “Gallery” which runs on OETA. He has produced artwork for some of the largest corporations in the world, including Disney, Proctor and gamble. RJR Nabisco, Kimberly Clark, and has had the honor of painting the portraits of some of America’s most prestigious citizens. His work has recently been seen on packages of Celestial Seasons Teas, and has painted some 300 covers for almost every major publisher in the United States.
Mike’s goals have remarkably stayed the same throughout his career: “The details help tell the story.” The details are not only found in his paintings, but in his life as a teacher, a husband and a father. These goals are wrapped up in his personal motto; “Learn It, Live It, and Teach It.”
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JIME WIMMER
MFA Hartford University BS Art Ed Keystone College Certified Art Educator K-12 Oklahoma & Pennsylvania OVAC Creative Projects/Community Artist Partnerships Committee OAEA YTIO Board Committee |
Jime Wimmer is certified in Art Education in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania with her BS in Art Education. She has taught high school
students from various backgrounds for the past ten years and instructs at several colleges and universities in her spare time.
Jime's former art students are in the best colleges across the nation. Lyme Academy, Pratt, Cleveland Art Institute, Academy of Fine
Art, MECA, Tyler School of Art, and more. Her students major in fields such as Industrial Design, Illustration, Children's Book Illustration, Graphic Design, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Fine Art, Education, Digital Media, and more. Jime understands what today's art student needs to be competitive and successful to get to the next level amongst the professionals.
Jime is a transplant to Oklahoma from upstate NY and she is thrilled to be a part of the heartland. With sunshine, the friendliest people on earth and great big skies, Jime feels like she has found a home to grow.
During her MFA Graduate experiences, Jime has had the pleasure to study with and from some amazing illustrators, designers and studios in her fields of interest. Beyond the graduate experiences, there are also the professional ones extending towards organizational conferences such as ICON5 and SCBWI. She has had representation with Precious Moments with her own ©Prettylines line of illustrations and currently freelances various jobs that range from storyboarding to illustration to design.
*Update!
Jime has recently accepted a full time-tenured track position at University of Central Oklahoma in their Design & Illustration Department.
students from various backgrounds for the past ten years and instructs at several colleges and universities in her spare time.
Jime's former art students are in the best colleges across the nation. Lyme Academy, Pratt, Cleveland Art Institute, Academy of Fine
Art, MECA, Tyler School of Art, and more. Her students major in fields such as Industrial Design, Illustration, Children's Book Illustration, Graphic Design, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Fine Art, Education, Digital Media, and more. Jime understands what today's art student needs to be competitive and successful to get to the next level amongst the professionals.
Jime is a transplant to Oklahoma from upstate NY and she is thrilled to be a part of the heartland. With sunshine, the friendliest people on earth and great big skies, Jime feels like she has found a home to grow.
During her MFA Graduate experiences, Jime has had the pleasure to study with and from some amazing illustrators, designers and studios in her fields of interest. Beyond the graduate experiences, there are also the professional ones extending towards organizational conferences such as ICON5 and SCBWI. She has had representation with Precious Moments with her own ©Prettylines line of illustrations and currently freelances various jobs that range from storyboarding to illustration to design.
*Update!
Jime has recently accepted a full time-tenured track position at University of Central Oklahoma in their Design & Illustration Department.
PHOTO BY CHARLIE NEUENSCHWANDER