Davis Perkins, 20th/21st Century, Oil on Canvas Painting of Mountains in Snow and Clouds. In 2007 Perkins climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. He is an artist, smokejumper, firefighter, and paramedic. Member of Oil Painters of America, Salmagundi Club, and California Art Club. Education: 1978 | Bachelor’s Degree, Fine Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1974–1975 | Pacific Northwest School of Art, Portland, Oregon. Collections and exibitions with the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska, U.S. Air Force Art Collection, The Pentagon, National Park Foundation, Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of the Interior, Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C., University of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2019 | Landscapes: A Moment in Time, Rasmussen Art Gallery, Angwin, CA, 2016 | A Purposeful Life, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, 1995 | William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA, 1994 | Maxmillian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1989 | The Modern Landscape, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1983 | Smithsonian Institution, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C., 1981 | Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska, 1981 | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2024 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS, 2024 | Two-Person Exhibition with Carol Peek, Painting the West, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2023 | Beloved California: Twenty-One Artists with a Passion for Place, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2023 | 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, 2023 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Illume Gallery, Philipsburg, MT, 2022 | 111th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, 2022 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2021 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA, 2021 | Renewal & Rebirth Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Exhibition — Honorable Mention, 2019 | Beloved California IV: Twenty Artists with a Passion for Place, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2019 | 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, 2019 | Virtuosos of the Oil Painters of America, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, FL, 2018 | Featured Artist, Marinscapes Juried Exhibition, Larkspur, CA, 2018 | 107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA, 2015 | Virtuosos of the Oil Painters of America, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY, 2014 | Featured Guest Artist, Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, 2014 | Telluride and Aspen Plein Air Festival, 2013 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX, 2012 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Evergreen Fine Art Gallery, Evergreen, CO, 2011 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Devin Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 2009–2019 | Marin Agricultural Land Trust Juried Exhibition, Point Reyes, CA, 2009–2019 | Marinscapes Juried Exhibition, Larkspur, CA, 2006–2007 | Sonoma Plein Air Juried Exhibition, Sonoma, CA, 2002 | Thirteen Artists Address Landscapes, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA, 1990–1993 | Sausalito Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Sausalito, CA, 1990 | California Landscapes, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, and 1988–1992 | National Park Academy of the Arts, Top One Hundred, National Museum Tour (selected eight times). Publications and awards: 2023 | Oil Painters of America, Have a HeART Humanitarian Award, 2021 | Davis Perkins Voted 2021’s Best Artist in Marin, North Bay Pacific Sun, 2018 | Ever Watchful, Article & Interview by Bob Bahr, PleinAir Magazine, 2000 | Rachel Wolf, Art From the Parks, F&W Publishers, 2000 | Murry Taylor, Jumping Fire (maps, photos, artwork, and journal entries), Harcourt Education, 2000 | Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum Christmas Card, 1986 | Smokejumper Artist: The Work of Davis Perkins, Alaska Journal: History and Arts of the North (Vol. 16), 1984 | Cover Illustration, Alaska Flying Magazine, 1983 | Honorable Mention, The Golden Age of Flight, Smithsonian Institution.
Overall Size: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Sight Size: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
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