Amy Perlman Gura

Finding Inspiration in Life and Death

I was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Maryland. I spent many hours in the DC art studio of my grandfather, Herman Perlman, and always loved art. After I survived a tragic car accident that took my brother's life away, I found that art and nature provided a source of healing from grief and unresolved questions that come from simply living. Later, I pursued an Interdepartmental Degree in Art and Geography from the University of Delaware. I studied scientific and botanical illustration as well. I spent years working in decorative painting and creating murals. Eventually, I found that landscape painting was a medium that brought my passions of art and nature together, and it has become my muse for exploring the world through art. I love to sketch and paint outdoors in the elements with 360 degrees of information around me to capture an ephemeral moment, a sense of place, and witness the full cycle of life and death in this beautiful world.

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Printmaking has become my preferred medium to interpret my plein air paintings into a more graphic form back in the studio. My happy place is carving a block, inking a plate and printing by hand or press. I am an Affiliate at Discover Graphics Atelier, a printmaking studio located at the Torpedo Factory on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. I have been selling my art at gallery shows and art fairs in the DC area.

I was recently selected as one of the Women Artist of the DMV, a multi-venue, regional curated survey of local women artists. Here is one of the several articles in the press, profiling the debut exhibition that included one of my art pieces.