About Perry

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Perry currently resides in Vancouver BC Canada 

 

He attributes his passion for creating various forms of Art to the numerous art lessons he participated in as a child; combined with his past training and is a self taught individual. His obsession for Lions in particular is immense!

 

Over the years, he has experimented with creating variety of images; and recently developed a keen interest in capturing images of wildlife in their natural habitat.

 

When he picked up a paintbrush and explored his chosen medium with acrylic paints, he was instantly transformed!  He is self-taught and describes his art as “traditional” yet he prefers the word “retro” to describe his current and unique, abstract canvas pieces. He wants people that see his Art to be pleasantly engulfed in the detail of his paintings. He even completes the 4 edges of his canvas paintings, so that you can get the entire story.

 

He routinely starts painting in the early am, where he enjoys the peaceful early morning hours of the day, which he is serenaded by the birds chirping in the background. He often paints for hours at a time, creating textured strokes that are both unique and captivating!. His creative expression is displayed from each stroke, accelerating him forward each day.

 

“The eyes”, he has quoted feels they should capture the individual’s interest "instantly"!

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He believes his works of art can be best appreciated if you can

 

mesmerize your audience with the "transparency of the windows to the soul " !

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Obsession of the Lion:  Perry says his Passion in Painting came from his very first Lion Painting!

With his Lion Tattoo! He just cannot get enough, and constantly tries he says, to paint the perfect Lion!

One day!, he says, One day!

 

The lion is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears.

Its fur varies in colour from light buff to silvery grey, yellowish red and dark brown. The colours of the underparts are generally lighter. A new-born lion has dark spots, which fade as the cub reaches adulthood, although faint spots often may still be seen on the legs and underparts. Males have broader heads and a prominent mane that grows downwards and backwards covering most of the head, neck, shoulders, and chest. The mane is typically brownish and tinged with yellow, rust and black hairs.

The tail of all lions ends in a dark, hairy tuft that in some lions conceals an approximately 5 mm (0.20 in)-long, hard "spine" or "spur" that is formed from the final, fused sections of tail bone.

The functions of the spur are unknown. The tuft is absent at birth and develops at

around ​5 1⁄2 months of age. It is readily identifiable by the age of seven months.

Of the living field species, the lion is rivaled only by the tiger in length, weight and height at

the shoulder.   Its skull is very similar to that of the tiger, although the frontal region is usually more depressed and flattened, and has a slightly shorter postorbital region and broader

nasal openings than those of the tiger. Due to the amount of skull variation in the two species, usually only the structure of the lower jaw can be used as a reliable indicator of the species.

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FUN FACTS

FUN FACTS

A male lion can eat about a quarter of his body weight (as much as

about 140 lbs. or 63 kilograms) in a single meal.

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A lion's roar can be heard up to 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) away.

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A lioness can sprint at up to 33 miles (53 kilometers) per hour.

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A lioness often suffocates her prey by clamping her jaws over its nose and mouth.

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Scientists know more about lions than any other cat.

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Some male lions do not have noticeable manes, seen moste often in East Africa.

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Lions can often survive in extreme drought conditions,

eating tsama melons for moisture.