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Born and raised in the farming and lumbering country of North Central Pennsylvania. Most of my growing up days were spent roaming the wooded hills and fields, playing and fishing along the streams and in the farm ponds, hunting the whitetail-deer and helping in the family garden and on the family farm, as well as the neighbors.
I’ve always enjoyed the quiet, peace and solitude of the winding, wooded streambeds and lofty hills quilted with patches of woods, fields and meadows. My inspiration comes from the beauty, and peace of this wonderful area that we call “Gods Country”.
Sometimes, in our busy schedules, we all to often fail to take time out to enjoy all God has created. To bring this into the home or office is a challenge I greatly enjoy. There is something about a peaceful landscape, a country garden, or a simple still life that allows our eyes to wander through it and take our minds off all the busyness of the day, reminding us that God, the Creator, is still in control. For that reason and the fact that God has given me the talent and the desire to paint and knowing that my wife, my biggest fan, is beside me all the way, is reason enough to spend much time in a small corner of the basement of our home, my studio.
My mother, who is an artist herself, my third grade teacher, and my wife have all been a big encouragement. The Old Masters, particularly Vermeer, and the illustrations of Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth have inspired me and drawn me to create realism in my work. My training comes from the study of numerous art books at the local libraries, artist magazines and several lessons from a local artist, Leora Heitmeyer. Her patience and works have also been a tremendous inspiration to me.
I’m far from being a Rockwell, a Wyeth or a Great Master, but my hope is that my paintings will give others much joy and pleasure while drawing them away, if only for a moment, to a place of solitude and peace.
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Gary Perkins
Realist Art: Oil, Oil Pastel, Acrylic / Miniatures, Landscapes, Wildlife, Portraits.
Coudersport Pennsylvania
Landscapes and Wildlife
Florals and Gardens
& Occasionally Something Different
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