Q:Facts:   - bgcolour: # 6495ed    - training: art of design students league of new york , national academy    - caption: jerry class at lyme academy college of fine arts weiss -lrb- in red -rrb- teaching a life    - field: figurative painting      - birth date: 21 october 1959    - name: jerry weiss    - nationality: american    - image: life drawing lyme fine arts college.jpg    - birth place: new jersey   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jerry weiss -lrb- artist -rrb- .
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jerry weiss -lrb- born october 21 , 1959 -rrb- is an american figurative , landscape , portrait painter and writer .he studied classical drawing , initially focusing on portrait and figure subjects , and began to paint landscapes during the 1980s .weiss is a contributing editor of `` the artist 's magazine '' , for which he writes a `` master class '' feature with an overview of historic artists .