Beverly Perdue
Bev is a native of Salisbury, Maryland. She now lives on the other side
of the Chesapeake Bay near Richmond, Virginia. Her artwork had
been exhibited in and won numerous awards in many regional,
national and international competitions. Recognitions include being
awarded "Best In Show" in several prestigious shows such as the
Southern Watercolor Society, The Virginia Watercolor Society and the
Central Virginia Watercolor Society. Bev has been published
nationally in Artist Magazine and American Artist Watercolor Magazine
where she was acknowledged as "one of the country's rising
watercolor stars". She is a signature member in four prestigious
watercolor societies.
Bev begins her creative process by looking for shapes within a subject
and the effects of atmospheric lighting to create a mood within the
painting. Many of her landscape paintings are painted on location ("en
plein air"). These settings include Italy, France, New Mexico, Anguilla
in the British West Indies, Monhegan & Grand Manan Islands, the
Outer Banks of North Carolina and the Chesapeake Bay area. When
painting on location, Bev believes that the correct path to creative
expression is to stop looking at the subject matter after the first half
hour because at that point the painting itself will begin to take on its
own character and the end result will be a more creative perspective.
Bev's paintings are included in many private and corporate collections
such as Media General, The University of Virginia, Lynchburg College,
Philip Morris, Allied Signal and Bank of America.
"Find your bliss and
follow it" was the sage
advice of American
professor and author
Joseph Campbell. Art is
Bev's bliss and she has
been following its
amazing path for over
twenty years."
Bite Between Bites
(22" x 28" Watercolor)
Buon Jiorno
(22" x 28" Watercolor)
Jazzy Combo
(22" x 28" Watercolor)
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