Dennis Perrin is an American painter known for his mastery of light.
Dennis Perrin at a glance
- Born: 1950
- Died: 2021
- Nationality: American
- Known for: Figure and flower paintings that focus on light
- Education: New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, under M. Dell Weller
- Teaching: Founded The Perrin Method, an online art school, in 2015
- Website: theperrinmethod.com
“Dennis Perrin can best be described as a painter of light as it illuminates and describes the subject.”
Dennis Perrin studied at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art with M. Dell Weller, who taught him the power of seeing and translating his vision of the natural world into paint.
Dennis Perrin always chooses to paint in front of the subject, refusing to settle for photography or video as painting reference.
Dennis Perrin’s style is a unique blend of brushwork and design known as Painterly Realism, and he is often called an American Impressionist in the Boston School tradition.
Among Dennis Perrin’s greatest influences are John Singer Sargent, Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, and Henri Fantin-Latour, as well as Velasquez, Vermeer, and Sorolla.
- Former member of the Guild of Boston Artists.
- Favorite subjects include the human figure, flowers, and interior spaces.
- Also paints plein air landscapes of New England.
- Founder of The Perrin Method™ online atelier.
- His teaching is practiced by artists around the world.
Dennis Perrin is also a renowned teacher and the founder of The Perrin Method™, the worlds leading edge online Atelier, with courses and workshops available through theperrinmethod.com.
Dennis Perrin paints to express his great love for the beauty seen all around him, especialy in his immediate environment, and continues to explore the subtleties of light through paint.
Dennis Perrin passed away in 2021, but his paintings and his teaching live on through the online school he founded, The Perrin Method.