aMe ArT Home   Landscape Painting   Printmaking   Ketubah Illustration   Murals   Exhibitions  About  Contact                                                                                                                                                                              Ame’s passion for art is intertwined with her passion for the nature, an important source of healing and spiritual growth. Landscape painting and printmaking have been Ame’s chosen mediums, inspired by her travel experiences and exploration of geospatial and organic patterns found in the natural world. Ame’s paintings and relief prints have been featured in solo and juried group exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada. The National Park Service bestowed an award upon Ms. Perlman, in recognition of her interpretive illustrations. In addition to painting and printmaking, Ame designs ketubah illustrations on commission. Ame also creates murals and other decorative painting for various private and public venues throughout the Washington area.  Ame designed 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 also teaches art and facilitates mural projects. Amy (aMe) Perlman was born in Washington, DC in 1972. An early and critical influence on Ms. Perlman’s art came from her grandfather, the renowned artist Herman Perlman (1904-1995). Mr. Perlman, an early cartoonist at Disney, gained critical acclaim for his graphic caricatures in the Washington Post in the 1930's and Judaic-themed sandblasted glass panels and sculptures in the 1950's, 60's and 70's that are still on display in numerous public venues.  She spent much time in his downtown DC studio as a child, full of tools and imagery, where she sometimes sat with him at his drafting table while he worked. Ms. Perlman received a B.A. interdepartmental degree in Geography and Fine Art from the University of Delaware, and continued her studies in landscape painting and printmaking at the Washington Studio School and Chautauqua School of Art in NY. She studied illustration with The Guild of Natural Science Illustration and The Botanical School of Art and Illustration through Brookside Gardens in Maryland. Ame Perlman Gura currently lives and works in Alexandria, VA with her husband Alan Gura. One of her latest creations is her son, Micah Mateus, born July 2007.                                                                                                                                                                                                         Ame Perlman Gura                                                                                 amy@ameart.com   703/879-6858   Alexandria, Virginia