The Art of Rock

Temple artist has created concert posters for the biggest names in music

DAVID STONE | OUR TOWN TEMPLE

A Temple man with deep rock ’n’ roll roots has created concert posters for hundreds of bands, including Van Halen, Alice in Chains, Judas Priest, Metallica, Willie Nelson, David Bowie and The Cure, and he will be the featured artist at a new Temple College Visual Arts Gallery exhibit.

The show opens Feb. 4 with a 6-8 p.m. reception featuring the award-winning art and music of Billy Perkins, a former student at the college. The exhibit will run through March 10 and will feature about 45 concert posters.

“This is a big part of what I do,” Perkins said. “When I was younger, I was really into drawing comic book characters. I loved rock music — KISS and Alice Cooper were my bridges from being a comic book nerd to drawing music-related art.”