About the Artist

I began drawing early and painting followed when I was about 13 with a set of oils my mother bought for me.

There have been many tubes of paint purchased since then! See the video presentation by Walls Gallery at: http://www.wallsgallery.com/artists-2/perry-austin

I began formal training in the aerospace industry as a technical illustrator and worked for companies from California to Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. After graduating from Auburn University I eventually became Vice President of Marketing and Sales for RSG, Inc. an outstanding international process equipment company. During this period fine art was a passionate hobby and I developed representation at several art galleries. In 1998 I along with my three brothers were published in SouthWest Art and soon afterward I began the full time pursuit of fine art. Member of the American Impressionist Society, and Oil Painters of America.

One of the original founders of the Plein Air Painters of the Southeast in 2001. 

https://www.pap-se.com/
1996 Art Expo New York, juried acceptance, New York, NY
1997 Accepted into the top 200 “Arts for the Parks Foundation”
1998 Southwest Art, March Issue “Family Connections”
1998 “The Artist Selects Exhibit,” (Alabama’s #1 Artist) Isabel A. Comer 
         Museum
1998 Indulge, Vol. 5 Issue 4, December issue “Art in Review”
2001 Artist in Residence, six weeks, Sara Carlisle residence, Tahilla, Ireland
2002 Southern Anglers’ Journal,” Spring Issue.
2002 Artist Selector for the Comer Foundation’s Artist Selects Exhibit
2003 Southern Anglers’ Journal,” Fall Issue. 
2004 University of North Carolina commission for permanent collection
2004 Art Expo New York, Exhibitor
2004 Airlie Gardens Invitational. One of 13 invited across the nation
2004 PAP-SE exhibit Anderson Fine Art, St. Simons Isle, GA
2004 PAP-SE exhibit, Quinlan Visual Arts Center
2004 Thunderbird Foundation, Maynard Dixon Ranch, Mt. Carmel,
         UT, Invited artist        
2004 La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA, Invited Artist
2005 Airlie Gardens Invitational. One of 13 invited across the nation
2005 PAP-SE exhibit  Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, VA
2006 “American Art Collector,” February Issue
2007 "American Art Collector,"  October Issue 
2007 One of 300 accepted into The National Small Works Exhibit

2008 Public TV documentary Wilmington, NC

2008  Invited to Paint Wilmington

2009 PAP-SE instructor @ Leatherwood, NC.

2009 Invited to Paint Wilmington

2010 Callaway Plein Air Event

2010 Invited to Paint Wilmington

2011 Energen Art Competition

2011 Callaway Plein Air, 2nd place quick draw. by Jean Stern, Ex. Director, Irvine Museum.

2011 Newnan Center for the Arts, Demo and workshop

2011 Invited to Paint Wilmington

2012 Callaway Plein Air, 1st Place by Jean Stern, Ex. Director, Irvine Museum.

2014 Artist in residence compliments of the North Florida Land Trust.

2015 The Greenbrier Art Invitational

2021 Plein Air South, Apalachicola FL. Instructor
                  
                      Corporate and Notable Collections
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC.

The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island
The Sea Island Company
First Commercial Bank
Arlington Properties
Ms. Linda Lavin
AmSouth Corporation
Reliance Trust Company

Energen Corporation

Callaway Collection

Keller Williams Corporate, Austin, Texas

Gov. Jim Justice