June Featured Artist - Jane C. Perry

Article by Jeanette White - Photos by Jeanette White and Dean Stephens

WINDSOR - Jane C. Perry paints a wide range of subjects, but her work really comes to life when she shows a rural scene with an old barn, peanut stacks or herring still wet from the river.

Admiring Jane's Work

Perry was honored as Featured Artist for June by Bertie County Arts Council with an open house exhibiting her work last night at the Gallery at 124 South King Street.



Jane Perry With Her Current Favorite Painting

Perry is a Bertie County native, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Livingston Copeland. She is married to Robert F. Perry and the couple has two daughters. They are Kim Jordan of Greenville, wife of Dr. Joseph C. Jordan and mother of four children; and Susan Reed of Fayetteville, wife of Robert T. Reed and mother of seven children.

Old Fish House


The artist attended Bertie High School and never got heavily involved in painting until after her children were born. Early work showed an innate talent for realism in whatever subject she chose to paint. She has studied with Francis and Sara Speight and within the past year with John Silver of Manteo and James P. Kerry of Florida. Now she is studying the style of Monet to add spark and color to her work.

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Perry has taught art at Southwestern Middle School and conducts private lessons. Most of her work is in oils, but she is skilled in other mediums.

Perry Winns Fish Company - Weighing Out

She has been featured several years at Virginia Beach Boardwalk Shows and Harbor Fest in Virginia and in local shows. Many of her works have been purchased by prominent businesses and for private collections.

Baywatch

Herring Still Life

Perry’s work will remain on exhibit for several weeks. Hours of opening for the Gallery are 10 AM until 2 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Hours on Wednesday beginning May 24 will be 10 AM until 6 PM.



For more information about this or other BCAC projects, call 794-9402 or email bertiearts@earthlink.net.