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M E M B E R S H I P S
Oil Painters of America, Signature Member
Salmagundi Club, Artist Member
California Art Club, Artist Member
E D U C A T I O N
1978 | Bachelor’s Degree, Fine Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
1974–1975 | Pacific Northwest School of Art, Portland, Oregon
S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska
U.S. Air Force Art Collection, The Pentagon
National Park Foundation, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Department of the Interior, Fairbanks, Alaska
U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C.
University of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2019 | Landscapes: A Moment in Time, Rasmussen Art Gallery, Angwin, CA
2016 | A Purposeful Life, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
1995 | William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA
1994 | Maxmillian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 | The Modern Landscape, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 | Smithsonian Institution, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
1981 | Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska
1981 | University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S
2024 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS
2024 | Two-Person Exhibition with Carol Peek, Painting the West, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2023 | Beloved California: Twenty-One Artists with a Passion for Place, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2023 | 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
2023 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Illume Gallery, Philipsburg, MT
2022 | 111th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
2022 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO
2021 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA
2021 | Renewal & Rebirth Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Exhibition — Honorable Mention
2019 | Beloved California IV: Twenty Artists with a Passion for Place, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2019 | 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2019 | Virtuosos of the Oil Painters of America, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, FL
2018 | Featured Artist, Marinscapes Juried Exhibition, Larkspur, CA
2018 | 107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2015 | Virtuosos of the Oil Painters of America, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY
2014 | Featured Guest Artist, Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
2014 | Telluride and Aspen Plein Air Festival
2013 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2012 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Evergreen Fine Art Gallery, Evergreen, CO
2011 | Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Devin Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2009–2019 | Marin Agricultural Land Trust Juried Exhibition, Point Reyes, CA
2009–2019 | Marinscapes Juried Exhibition, Larkspur, CA
2006–2007 | Sonoma Plein Air Juried Exhibition, Sonoma, CA
2002 | Thirteen Artists Address Landscapes, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
1990–1993 | Sausalito Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Sausalito, CA
1990 | California Landscapes, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
1988–1992 | National Park Academy of the Arts, Top One Hundred, National Museum Tour (selected eight times)
P U B L I C A T I O N S A N D A W A R D S
2023 | Oil Painters of America, Have a HeART Humanitarian Award
2021 | Davis Perkins Voted 2021’s Best Artist in Marin, North Bay Pacific Sun
2018 | Ever Watchful, Article & Interview by Bob Bahr, PleinAir Magazine
2000 | Rachel Wolf, Art From the Parks, F&W Publishers
2000 | Murry Taylor, Jumping Fire (maps, photos, artwork, and journal entries), Harcourt Education
2000 | Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum Christmas Card
1986 | Smokejumper Artist: The Work of Davis Perkins, Alaska Journal: History and Arts of the North (Vol. 16)
1984 | Cover Illustration, Alaska Flying Magazine
1983 | Honorable Mention, The Golden Age of Flight, Smithsonian Institution