Young artist to watch in 2022
Grant Perry, Desperado, oil, 10 x 12.
State in Which You Reside: Texas.
Art Education: Four-year program at Grand Central Atelier.
Style: Realism.
Second-Choice Career: I’ve always been fascinated with blacksmithing and think it would be a fun career path if painting failed.
One Thing People Don’t Know About You: I play pool competitively.
Best Art Advice Received: Don’t copy what you see; instead, use it to inform your decisions when painting or drawing to create an informed representation of reality.
Biggest Fear: That I become comfortable and stop improving my technique and understanding of painting, and that I don’t continue to push myself to constantly improve and learn.
Pet Peeve: That decaf coffee exists; or, seeing titanium white as the primary white on artists’ palettes.
Quirkiest Trait: How particular I am about my coffee.
Mantra or Motto: If you’re going to do anything, do it to the best of your abilities.
Favorite Studio Music: My music taste is all over the place, but anything by EDEN, Russian Circles, Novo Amor, or Iron & Wine.
Favorite Work by Another Artist: This is probably the hardest question for me to answer. Two pieces that I look at often are A BASHI-BAZOUK by Charles Bargue and A MAID ASLEEP by Johannes Vermeer.
Future Goals: I want to launch a YouTube channel in the near future, as well as travel to Iceland to do landscape studies for large studio paintings.
Price Range: $1,500 to $16,000.
Representation: www.grantperryart.com.
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This story appeared in the August/September 2022 issue of Southwest Art magazine.