Coming from a family steeped in fine art, Jaime Dreyfus started drawing and sculpting at the age of 10. He even preferred expressing his creative gifts over reading or playing with friends. After displaying a precocious talent for draftsmanship, he began experimenting with abstract painting and drawing styles popular in the 1950’s. His mother, also an accomplished painter and sculptor, specialized in realism and encouraged Dreyfus to follow her lead. After mastering her techniques, he branched out, studying at several different schools of art in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Dreyfus’ preferred painting medium is oil, but he is also accomplished in watercolor, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, colored pencil, and ink. For sculpture he works with wood, steel, ceramic and marble.

Specializing in portraits, Dreyfus began exploring painting with “unnatural” colors to express the inner moods of his subjects.  He achieved great success with this style. Private and university galleries in Santa Ana, California, and other cities around the state began exhibiting these works, mostly portraits and full human figures.

Dreyfus has achieved a level of mastery that both attains his personal goals and evokes the admiration and pleasure of all who view his works. Gallery owners, agents, and members of the public are invited to view his work by appointment.