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Bill Perry

 

I was born in western Montana. I grew up in Hawaii. I have lived in St. Louis, Missouri for most of my adult life.

 

I am an artist and a teacher. My first training was in watercolor. For several decades I worked in clay, ink, watercolor, serigraph, and gouache. Now I paint in acrylic.  I have a Master of Arts in Bronze Sculpture and a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art.

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My bio is as follows: 

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Education: 

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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramic Sculpture, University of Hawaii, 1973

Graduate Study, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1975-1976

Master of Arts, Bronze Sculpture, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2010

Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2012

Post-graduate studies, ceramic sculpture and illustration, Fontbonne University, 2013

 

Some shows and work:

 

• One-Man Show, large oil pastel drawings to benefit Circus Flora

            The Arts & Education Council, St. Louis, MO, 2011

 • The Big Giant Heads 

            a set of four monumental stoneware tile playground sculptures,       

            installed at the kindergarten playground of The College School of Webster Groves, 2010-201

• Dive Into the Dream, a One-Man Retrospective Show

            Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery, Sheldon Art Galleries, March- May, 2014

• Road Trip, A Fold-out Adventure

            An accordion foldout book that a child can drive a toy car through;

            illustrations in watercolor and pen & ink,

            First printing published through Kickstarter, 2014.

• Until Bananas Turn to Ink, An Illustrated Love Poem

            Illustrations in pen & ink,

            Self-published in an issue of 600 (almost all of which actually sold!), 1996

• Over the last several decades I have created several dozen calendars that feature my drawings, as well

            as tidings of celebration for each day of the year, as researched and illuminated by my brilliant and

            beautiful wife. I publish these in issues of a hundred or more, which I give away to family, friends, and

            business associates.

• The Two Fools, a series of 64 gouache paintings, to be printed with text as a book. I'm still sitting on this one.

• Beauty, Strength, and Courage: Twenty-seven portraits of Immigrant Women in St. Louis.

            An online show of portraits of immigrant women, life-size, waist-up paintings on 24 x 30 canvases.

 

My art and teaching have been featured in the County Journals, St. Louis Magazine, and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. I also received a Special Commendation for my teaching from the St. Louis Public Schools

 

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Artist's Statement:

 

I love birds, dreams, the spirits of the other worlds, and the many beautiful creatures of this one.

I love to give food for thought and wonder to the sweet and sparkling minds of the innocent.

I draw a picture every morning: calisthenics for the mind, muscles, eyes, and nervous system. 

I offer my work to the generous and holy seekers of truth, who give us all far more than we ever realize.