Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Tom Perkinson, born in Indiana in 1940, has become distinguished as a regional painter, known for his work grounded in the visually dramatic landscape of the Southwest. As a child, Perkinson discovered he had a love for the natural landscape and a talent for art. He fostered that talent through classes at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis and then at the Chicago Art Academy upon graduating from high school. He received a degree in art from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1964, before moving on to graduate school at the University of New Mexico. Here, he continued to paint the landscape and it was this work that began to reflect a new fascination with the Southwest. He had found what would become an infinite source of inspiration. Influenced by early painters of the southern Indiana landscape, painters like T. C. Steele, Vawter, Schultze and Forsythe, Perkinson’s early work focused on landscape, still life and city scenes. As his love of the New Mexico landscape grew, his work matured, finding influence in J.M.W. Turner, George Inness and James Mcneill Whistler. Soon, a distinctive, sprung-from-the-imagination style he came to describe as romantic realism began evolving. “None of these places exist”, he says, “I just make them up as I paint them." It was this preference for spontaneity that led to watercolor as his preferred medium. After more than four decades now as an artist painting New Mexico, Perkinson has built a prolific career. His work is included in private and public collections across the globe and he is represented in the collections of many museums, including the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, the University Art Museum in Albuquerque and the Eiteljorg Museum of Western Art in Indianapolis. His work is also included in the May 2006 book titled Landscapes of New Mexico, Paintings From the Land of Enchantment. He currently resides in Corrales, New Mexico, where he has lived for 20 years with his wife, renowned jewelry artist Louise Perkinson.
1970s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Color Pencil, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Ink
1970s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1980s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1970s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1970s Surrealist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
1980s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1970s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Color Pencil, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Ink
2010s Impressionist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Ink, India Ink, Watercolor
1980s Surrealist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
2010s Impressionist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Color Pencil
Late 20th Century Fauvist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Watercolor
1960s Modern Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Late 20th Century Surrealist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
2010s Surrealist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pen, Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
1990s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1970s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Color Pencil, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Ink
1980s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1970s Realist Tom Perkinson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Watercolor, Ink, Pastel