Artist

Danny Perkins

born Frankfurt, Germany 1955
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Courtesy William Traver Gallery.
Also known as
  • Danny Allen Perkins
Born
Frankfurt, Germany
Active in
  • Washington, United States
Biography

Danny Perkins was a painter and photographer before an interest in industrial work led him to glass. He works with both hot and cold glass and spends most of his time painting the surface. An expert colorist, he manipulates the saturation and translucency of the pigments until his vessels radiate light. Perkins reassembles broken glass into layers of soft folds and curves; the edges are jagged but the overall form is smooth and graceful.

Works by this artist (1 item)

Danny Perkins, Blue Flesh, 1991, blown glass and oil paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joan and Milton Baxt in honor of Michael W. Monroe, Renwick Gallery Curator-in-Charge, 1986-1995, 1995.36.1
Blue Flesh
Date1991
blown glass and oil paint
On view