Bio: Condensed Version

Perri (only her Mom calls her Perrin!) had the good fortune to work for many years as a staff illustrator preparing surgical illustrations for medical schools and publishers. Armed with a BA in Fine Art from Syracuse University, and a Master’s in Medical Illustration from the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Perri worked at Stanford Medical School (Palo Alto, CA) and Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) before moving to Dallas, TX, to take on the job as Director of UT Southwestern Medical School’s Art Department. For 17 years she served there on the faculty in the Graduate School Program in Biomedical Communication. In 1995 Perri cut back on the administrative responsibilities and started painting with a Friday Night painting group. This led to a side career of commission portraits and fine art workshops. In November 2005, she and her new husband, Larry Hafemeister, left Texas and moved to their lakeside home on Quadra Island, in British Columbia, Canada and in 2006 they opened Lake Haven Atelier and Art Retreat.