After a long career as a research physicist, John
Perkin trained and graduated at Hertfordshire
College of Art and Design. Since then he has
exhibited at numerous solo and group shows in
Berkshire, the surrounding counties and several
galleries in London. Although he has made prints
and some sculptures, his main occupation is Painting
in Acrylic on board. He also makes his own
framing.
The subject matter of his paintings covers a wide
range of human activity and landscape. He is
particularly interested in the interaction of people
in group activities such sport, shopping or prayer.
The style is basically figurative, but where
appropiate, abstraction is employed to suggest
movement or mood. Also, the unity of the subject
may be enhanced by an indication of objects in the
background, through those in the foreground which
would normally obscure them. An example is given
here in a self portrait of the artist and one of his
paintings.
John Perkin sadly died in 2012.
