Amy was born in Washington, DC in 1972. One of the early influences on Ms. Perlman’s art came from her paternal grandfather, Herman Perlman (1904-1995). Mr. Perlman was an early cartoonist at Disney, illustrated graphic caricatures in the Washington Post in the 1930’s, and decades later created and exhibited his fine art of Judaic-themed sandblasted glass etchings and sculptures. As a child, Amy spent much time in his DC studio, surrounded by tools and imagery. Also, at the age of 12, Amy survived a car accident that killed her ten year old brother. This critical event in her life influenced her in the following years to embrace art and nature as sources of healing and spiritual growth, and felt compelled to share it with others.
Ms. Perlman received a B.A. interdepartmental degree in Geography and Fine Art from the University of Delaware, spending a year at Humboldt State University in northern CA and studied art and music history in Spain. She later studied Environmental Education with the Audubon Expedition Institute. She returned to focusing on art at the Washington Studio School in DC, the Chautauqua School of Art in upstate NY, and the Art League in VA. She studied illustration with The Guild of Natural Science Illustration and The Botanical School of Art and Illustration through Brookside Gardens. Her academic background in geography and art integrated with her love of travel through landscape painting. Painting outdoors allows her to explore geospatial and organic patterns found in the natural world, and she will often bring nature indoors to work in more detail in the studio.
Amy’s paintings and hand-pulled prints have been featured in solo and juried group exhibitions throughout the United States and eastern Canada. Ms. Perlman also received and award from The National Park Service upon in recognition of her interpretive illustrations. In addition to painting and printmaking, Amy creates murals and does decorative painting for various private and public venues throughout the Washington area. She also designs custom ketubah illustrations (illuminated Jewish wedding contracts) on commission. Amy worked as a designer of faux finishes for The Valley Craftsmen in Baltimore, and worked as a set designer and scenic artist for Adventure Theater in Glen Echo Park, MD. She has taught art at schools and camps in MD, DC and VA. Amy has been commissioned to create and facilitate murals and mosaic memorials for local schools. She is currently studying welding at The Art League to create furniture and sculpture.
Amy Perlman Gura now lives and works in Alexandria, VA with her husband and three children.
Ms. Perlman received a B.A. interdepartmental degree in Geography and Fine Art from the University of Delaware, spending a year at Humboldt State University in northern CA and studied art and music history in Spain. She later studied Environmental Education with the Audubon Expedition Institute. She returned to focusing on art at the Washington Studio School in DC, the Chautauqua School of Art in upstate NY, and the Art League in VA. She studied illustration with The Guild of Natural Science Illustration and The Botanical School of Art and Illustration through Brookside Gardens. Her academic background in geography and art integrated with her love of travel through landscape painting. Painting outdoors allows her to explore geospatial and organic patterns found in the natural world, and she will often bring nature indoors to work in more detail in the studio.
Amy’s paintings and hand-pulled prints have been featured in solo and juried group exhibitions throughout the United States and eastern Canada. Ms. Perlman also received and award from The National Park Service upon in recognition of her interpretive illustrations. In addition to painting and printmaking, Amy creates murals and does decorative painting for various private and public venues throughout the Washington area. She also designs custom ketubah illustrations (illuminated Jewish wedding contracts) on commission. Amy worked as a designer of faux finishes for The Valley Craftsmen in Baltimore, and worked as a set designer and scenic artist for Adventure Theater in Glen Echo Park, MD. She has taught art at schools and camps in MD, DC and VA. Amy has been commissioned to create and facilitate murals and mosaic memorials for local schools. She is currently studying welding at The Art League to create furniture and sculpture.
Amy Perlman Gura now lives and works in Alexandria, VA with her husband and three children.