tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236004072024-03-13T23:05:23.574-07:00California Painter Tony PetersAn informal web log to keep in contact with friends, artists, art fanatics, and collectors.
If you would like to inquire about any of the artwork on this page, please contact me at tonypetersart@sbcglobal.nettonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-16854078675471033332014-01-14T12:31:00.000-08:002014-01-14T13:17:32.001-08:00INFLATABLES<br />
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"Inflatable Lexus Gorilla" 12x14 inches, pastel</div>
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In Exile and the Kingdom, Albert Camus describes a poor Parisian painter, with barely enough money to feed his family, lying on his death bed. The artist’s latest, and possibly last work is a blank canvas holding just one small, illegible word. His best friend suspects the word is one of three possibilities – solitary, solidary, or solidarity.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Mercedes Duo" 20x11 inches, pastel</div>
<br />Solitary points to the artist’s need to retreat from society in order to find inner clarity so he can create. Solidary signifies living in the marketplace. Solidarity means identifying with the masses. All essential ingredients if the artist is to create works grounded in significance to his age, yet lofty enough to speak to future generations. But how does one reach such heights? Inspiration.</div>
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"Inflated Gorilla" (Typhoeus) 14x18 inches, oil on canvas </div>
<br />This series embodies the idea of inspiration. The word Inspiration is from the Greek word theopneustos (the-o'-pnyü-stos), literally meaning God-breathed. Full of breath, or air, these Inflatables echo Camus’ story as they loom above the marketplace (solidary) against a vast and lonely sky (solitary), beaconing to all who pass (solidarity).<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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"Inflated Car Dealership Panda" 18x24 inches, oil on canvas</div>
<br />Waking form a series of dreams about inflated objects, Peters was struck with his inspiration one particular Thursday afternoon. Already in a pensive mood with heightened awareness of his surroundings, he stopped for lunch in a crowded restaurant. There he pondered the absurdity he witnessed of people hurrying about, caught up in their daily grind. It was a surreal moment. Almost laughable. Upon leaving, he met his next muse.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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"Gorilla Nocturne" 8x14 inches, pastel</div>
<br />Nearly unnoticed before, an inflated gorilla atop a car dealership cried out against the dying light. This engorged form of the inflatable gorilla became a symbol for Peters. A symbol of arousal stirring inspiration deep inside. From his desire to create works full of substance, he found subjects full of no substance at all, just air – the very breath of God.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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"Monster Savings" 14x11 inches, pastel</div>
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tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-18695595830870667172013-12-21T11:40:00.001-08:002013-12-21T11:40:28.665-08:00"Tony Peters' Clean Bright Roads" by Stephen Jared<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"<a href="http://www.stephenjared.com/show-one.php?id=13" target="_blank">Tony Peters' Clean Bright Roads</a>".</div>
tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-90016222710174891382013-06-04T18:19:00.003-07:002013-06-04T18:19:41.002-07:00"Motel Pool Cleaner" exhibited at the USC Fisher Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am pleased to announce that my painting "<strong>Motel Pool Cleaner</strong>" (16 x 24 inches, oil on canvas) is currently exhibited at the California Art Club's 102nd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition at the USC Fisher Museum of Art, June 2nd -23rd.</div>
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Los Angeles, CA 90089</div>
<br />tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-86389299438681655032013-05-31T11:39:00.000-07:002013-05-31T11:39:34.687-07:00"Odyssey" and "Sixth Street Bridge" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Odyssey" 17x20 inches, oil on canvas.</div>
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"Sixth Street Bridge" 12x16 inches, oil on canvas.</div>
tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-74254444751898446272013-03-26T11:16:00.000-07:002013-03-26T11:16:22.111-07:00Corvette on Sunset<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Corvette on Sunset" 24 x 36 inches, oil on canvas. By Tony Peters, 2013</div>
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I have long had the goal/wish/dream of exhibiting at the Los Angeles Art Show at the LA Convention Center. Finally, my new gallery (<a href="http://americanlegacyfinearts.com/artists/tony-peters/available-works/" target="_blank">ALFA</a>) exhibited my work there in January. I finished this new painting "Corvette on Sunset" just in time for the show.</div>
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I have been painting Hollywood since the mid 1990's when I moved to LA to attend Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. I was barely 20 years old, LA and Hollywood were so different from where I was from, San Diego seemed homogeneous in comparison. My new home was rich with hauntingly familiar scenes from half remembered movie backdrops, film history, and mid-century architecture. Before the days of digital or camera-phones, I was already a shutter bug, a Yashica Electro 35mm camera was my constant companion. </div>
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"The Whiskey A-Go-Go" 36 x 36 inches, oil on canvas. By Tony Peters 1999.</div>
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In my explorations I discovered Sunset Strip, Tower Records, The Whiskey a-Go-Go, and a hundred other places... the first paintings I ever exhibited reflected my love for Hollywood and LA architecture, and it has been my subject ever since.</div>
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In my later research, I discovered a series of Ed Ruscha photos of Hollywood Blvd and Sunset Strip that documented all these places too. The above Ruscha photo shows Filthy McNasty's, before it was the Viper Room. Turner's Liquor is still there and looks the same today. This is also the backdrop in my painting, "Corvette on Sunset". </div>
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If you are anywhere even remotely close to the Southern California area this week/weekend (January 24 to 27, 2013) you really need to drop what you're doing and go to the <a href="http://www.laartshow.com/?utm_source=Copy+of+2013+LA+Art+Show+%28Selection+1%29+announcement&utm_campaign=LA+Art+Show&utm_medium=socialshare" target="_blank">Los Angeles Art Show</a>. It's one of the most important annual art events every year, always my favorite, and it's huge. There are undoubtedly incredible treasures to see every time I've gone, paintings by many of my favorite artists, traditional to contemporary. I feel very honored that <a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Visit-ALFA-at-LA-Art-Show--January-24-27-.html?soid=1101087165648&aid=VRGmn6d3qCk" target="_blank">American Legacy Fine Art</a> will have a booth there with four of my paintings.<br />
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My new painting (above) will be included at the show, it's called "<strong>Grauman's Chinese Theater</strong>" 24 x 30 inches, oil on canvas. I'm also working on another new piece that isn't finished yet... it will be unveiled at the show.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-67844276560362768082012-10-22T11:16:00.002-07:002012-10-22T17:05:37.780-07:00New Exhibition opening November 10th at American Legacy Fine Art in Pasadena<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Tail O' the Pup" 10 x 12 inches, oil on canvas.</div>
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These new paintings and more will be in the upcoming<span class="userContent"> exchbition, “<strong>Eclectic L.A. – Four Perspectives</strong>" <strong>November 10 – December 8</strong>. at <a href="http://americanlegacyfinearts.com/exhibitions/" target="_blank">American Legacy Fine Art in Pasadena</a>. Also in the show is artwork by Scott W. Prior, Alexander Orlov, and Eric Merrell. </span>tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-36418133022222381702012-08-29T10:08:00.000-07:002012-10-22T20:03:49.088-07:00Belmont Park Roller Coaster, Mission Beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of the larger paintings I've done, 36 x 84 inches, oil on canvas. I think I'm calling it "Belmont Park, Mission Beach". It was a private commission for a client in La Jolla, he used to drive the yellow 1972 Malibu convertible back in the day.<br />
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The painting took several months to complete. I started by scouting out locations along the San Diego coastline. I began with a couple of smaller drawings of potential compositions. My client primarily wanted the yellow convertible depicted with his family, ideally in a beach neighborhood. We actually tracked down the original car and used it for a photo shoot. But the current owner painted it red, so I used a model of a yellow car to get the color and light to match.<br />
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When we settled on Mission Beach as the landscape, I had reservations about choosing the complex scaffolding of the rollercoaster as part of my subject matter. I like how it turned out though, and I enlarged the actual scale of the roller coaster to give it the larger than life effect of memories long ago.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-77810390165592626182012-07-23T00:05:00.001-07:002012-07-23T00:07:57.227-07:00Bruin Theater Nocturne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working for several months on a new commission, I'll post it here soon. Meanwhile, this is small 12 x 12 inch painting, "Bruin Theater Nocturne". <br />
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The Bruin Theater is located in Westwood Village, close to the UCLA campus. It's an old Art Deco Theater and shows current films, but I chose Dr. Strangelove for the marquee since I had recently just seen it for the first time. I've been thinking a lot about the subject of anxiety, and I enjoyed Kubrick's way of presenting the anxiety of nuclear war in such a humorous way in Dr. Strangelove.<br />
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I really wanted to paint this place at night to show off the neon lights, and something about the wet rainy pavement reflecting the light felt symbolic of the unconscious. Like the way dreams are themselves like movies within our minds as we sleep.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-40057231753330037572012-02-20T14:45:00.000-08:002012-02-20T14:49:59.582-08:00March 2012 Southwest Art Magazine... feature article<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJdr5uVOOe0HlId4Ia_eBVTUHdeQc7W0khaiZZfP7aYuQz0HFMXc-vFWp6YGe3ybcmFT5d4mAyF9PTiYWjR_pS0oZGu_ybeiDay7xsc7_DUvplqKocB6zPeXfYGn60ngZleR-Xw/s1600/SWArt+march+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJdr5uVOOe0HlId4Ia_eBVTUHdeQc7W0khaiZZfP7aYuQz0HFMXc-vFWp6YGe3ybcmFT5d4mAyF9PTiYWjR_pS0oZGu_ybeiDay7xsc7_DUvplqKocB6zPeXfYGn60ngZleR-Xw/s320/SWArt+march+2012.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Southwest Art Magazine just came out with their new March issue... there's a feature article in there about my artwork called "<a href="http://www.southwestart.com/featured/peters-t-mar2012" target="_blank">Tony Peters - More Than a Pretty Picture</a>".<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my bio photo, shot by my friend Clarence Legaspi in the back seat of a 66 Mustang.</div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Working with Richard Bunkall was a life transforming experience. As a student at Art Center, and an assistant at the Mendenhall Gallery, I was already immersed in the mechanics of painting. Witnessing at first-hand, this master in his dying efforts as an artist... rocked me to the core. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Recently, I was interviewed by Southwest Art Magazine for an article about my work. I was asked also to reflect on my time working with Richard Bunkall, they are also doing an article on his upcoming exhibition at the <a href="http://www.pmcaonline.org/exhibits/68/index.html" target="_blank">Pasadena Museum of California Art.</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This new painting is called "Light and Shadow, Arroyo Freeway", 12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas. I have always enjoyed painting the freeways, particularly the 110 on the way to Pasadena, where I went to Art Center College of Design. You can see other pieces I painted of the Arroyo Freeway by clicking <a href="http://tonypetersart.blogspot.com/2009/01/arroyo-seco-freeway.html" target="_blank">here</a> and another one <a href="http://tonypetersart.blogspot.com/2009/07/arroyo-freeway-exit.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-67286096871167309632011-11-13T19:42:00.000-08:002011-11-13T20:02:50.867-08:00Coronado Sunset<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWdJ0kJlP88kY1x6-bSGvRmPGkKOh0ylpocre0xCB_ii2qvc62JUbMSniyvLrY2UvZjy_7-235MZjp_8pMn-2nFdAnmU5W-QZK3TvPrQYBrxgcFrfDP01kG2Bjg4KAekRWkxGFg/s1600/Sunset+Coronado+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWdJ0kJlP88kY1x6-bSGvRmPGkKOh0ylpocre0xCB_ii2qvc62JUbMSniyvLrY2UvZjy_7-235MZjp_8pMn-2nFdAnmU5W-QZK3TvPrQYBrxgcFrfDP01kG2Bjg4KAekRWkxGFg/s320/Sunset+Coronado+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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This is "Coronado Sunset" 12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas. I painted it as a color study for a larger commissioned painting I'm working on, depicting a car on the road... I don't think this view would work, however, the sunset would compete with the car. But I still like the painting. I made several trips back and forth across the Coronado Bridge at different times of day, shooting photos. The Hotel Del Coronado can be made out on the left. The high key color palette was an experiment, making for a light and airy feel (the color is hard to see with this photo).tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-47563241701498380742011-11-02T07:16:00.000-07:002011-11-02T07:20:57.209-07:00Adams Avenue Liquor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVbRxHX2D_P_AMAFBRS4CcSE898Lnuw3LBDYy9sal7Hi3KbjYs3YE0XCMOMN0dIunjW_fP3_wlb_LKnlEbRGtJdDDmVVOiNJjGUXpYWCaMqFhZRZRVO3fe3pQ_vovLr2gk4IhMQ/s1600/Adams+Avenue+Liquor+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVbRxHX2D_P_AMAFBRS4CcSE898Lnuw3LBDYy9sal7Hi3KbjYs3YE0XCMOMN0dIunjW_fP3_wlb_LKnlEbRGtJdDDmVVOiNJjGUXpYWCaMqFhZRZRVO3fe3pQ_vovLr2gk4IhMQ/s400/Adams+Avenue+Liquor+copy.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>"Adams Avenue Liquor" 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Take "<a href="http://tonypetersart.blogspot.com/2011/02/liquor-store-nocturne-escondido.html" target="_blank">Escondido Liquor Store</a>" for example (from a previous post). I prefer to keep a painting's interpretation open to the viewer, but the figure at that phone booth is either calling his mom for a ride home, or something else shady is about to go down. In this new painting, "Adams Avenue Liquor", the couple is either out for an evening stroll, or perhaps something more debauched is going to take place as the evening progresses. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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This new painting is called "Ford Falcon Futura, San Diego Freeway", 16 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, framed.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-8878315075505357592011-09-10T01:26:00.000-07:002011-09-10T01:28:54.251-07:00J.C. Leyendecker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQibAEToyUDavitfusqIgtp1bcINpohUT0WV45NDNsPbuGfl_c85gLN-07KjXwUph8JUHmHqmSbfCPzft3di_zK2s0Sbn4fsbUfHMPPkqlrQOcz0IMBEqS0WQYR_dCwvx1MNV89g/s1600/LEYENDECKER+heritage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQibAEToyUDavitfusqIgtp1bcINpohUT0WV45NDNsPbuGfl_c85gLN-07KjXwUph8JUHmHqmSbfCPzft3di_zK2s0Sbn4fsbUfHMPPkqlrQOcz0IMBEqS0WQYR_dCwvx1MNV89g/s400/LEYENDECKER+heritage+2.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">I'm selling my J.C. Leyendecker painting through the <a href="http://fineart.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=5066&lotIdNo=75001#Photo">Heritage Illustration Art Auction</a> in NYC this October... it is 24 x 16 inches, oil on canvas.</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Leyendecker was one of the most successful commercial illustrators of his time, best known for his advertisements for the "Arrow Collar Man." He created 321 covers for the Saturday Evening Post, and he was the only artist to paint more Post covers than Norman Rockwell. </span><br />
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I just got this William Wendt sketchbook full of drawings, color notes, and even poems. I got one of the <a href="http://tonypetersart.blogspot.com/2010/10/william-went-sketches.html">Wendt drawings</a> earlier and posted it here. The owner of my gallery in La Jolla (K. Nathan Gallery) picked it up at the Moran auction. He has framed up a few of the drawings, then sold me the remainder of the sketchbook. It's an awesome little piece of history. The interior is dated 1909 and is signed by William Wendt in ink. I even matched up a few of the drawings in there with paintings that Wendt executed. I thought it would be a real treat to share, and maybe sell some of the drawings myself. Email me if you're interested... <a href="mailto:tonypetersart@sbcglobal.net">tonypetersart@sbcglobal.net</a> I'm going to continue to post more sketches here over time.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://faso.com/boldbrush/painting/20012"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>http://faso.com/boldbrush/painting/20012</strong></span></a></div>So far I'm ranked #7 in the May 2011 BoldBrush Painting Competition with my entry, "Buick Convertible, San Diego Freeway" oil on canvas, 16 x 41 inches. If you haven't already, please kindly visit the link above and hit its Facebook "like" button, I would appreciate it :-)tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-35103956142426879112011-05-07T18:45:00.000-07:002011-05-07T18:45:46.178-07:00Another magazine article... Southwest Art Magazine May issue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIT5eFvbu8rtkHHsmL2VqEZiiOGJhs1hj5PBvM_qfvfwSw7YLnvrRNG2Noi9rlN6BLoix-jCW2UbSq5s21sVEJprzk0kyWBl4FahPHKL8mhtXwQoHSIUbul7CTKqHIUx0zamoD9Q/s1600/Southwest+Art+PETERS+2011+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIT5eFvbu8rtkHHsmL2VqEZiiOGJhs1hj5PBvM_qfvfwSw7YLnvrRNG2Noi9rlN6BLoix-jCW2UbSq5s21sVEJprzk0kyWBl4FahPHKL8mhtXwQoHSIUbul7CTKqHIUx0zamoD9Q/s320/Southwest+Art+PETERS+2011+web.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Southwest Art Magazine picked me for "Best of the West" in the new May issue (page 28). My painting "Dog Walker, Banker's Hill" is pictured.</div><br />
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It's on newsstands now, along with my feature in <a href="http://tonypetersart.blogspot.com/2011/04/american-art-collector-feature-article.html">American Art Collector's</a> May issue as well.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-10529443349474739222011-04-27T11:28:00.000-07:002011-04-27T11:28:47.908-07:00American Art Collector feature article<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix39HHW5TqW0XW0P-U9u5nNE2ByCx5Iby55Vgc3sjCrq654kT9_Ef-tOLJ4pWCVNPbN1OLRl03EYjD79Vrryh6YnWdqjb-B4inhjtYulcCTr_O0RDx7qICfye6NNbOMBfGssuOrA/s1600/AAC+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix39HHW5TqW0XW0P-U9u5nNE2ByCx5Iby55Vgc3sjCrq654kT9_Ef-tOLJ4pWCVNPbN1OLRl03EYjD79Vrryh6YnWdqjb-B4inhjtYulcCTr_O0RDx7qICfye6NNbOMBfGssuOrA/s320/AAC+cover.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I just got the May issue of American Art Collector, where I am featured on pages 126 and 126. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly9fuJ0ASevld5ly6CbINJo5RFvimMTjjLuVu_5QXXDdiHadeVRPg98Iq-o1QDGr6qim7iRgwF_t1yhUGJe0fZnpn8PrswywWIZn4BDogqdnbv7K3Qg8SkRcqAJyd1DxFCRGjpg/s1600/AAC+article+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly9fuJ0ASevld5ly6CbINJo5RFvimMTjjLuVu_5QXXDdiHadeVRPg98Iq-o1QDGr6qim7iRgwF_t1yhUGJe0fZnpn8PrswywWIZn4BDogqdnbv7K3Qg8SkRcqAJyd1DxFCRGjpg/s320/AAC+article+1.jpg" width="244" /></a></div> The article features three of my paintings, "The Fall", "Buick Convertible, San Diego Freeway", and "Graffiti Bridge".<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Gallery Says... "Tony has joined an elite group of American artists painting impressions of our urban environment. Southern California is an especially fertile ground for harvesting psychological reflections of city life."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Keith N. Kelman, Owner, K. Nathan Gallery</div><div align="left"></div>tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-75549677965032348382011-03-17T14:52:00.000-07:002011-03-17T15:00:53.739-07:00The Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOqB87HQldlZpr9fvvf2yUbvQS2MF0cSBPm017bM5okbm9_CNRvUOb74e4JhxMezTmkwPfs9fftOw9jYj8JM8kCCPPpNdwV5V4XKNiY-BXI2jgqF1Hoyc6s7Vz-59FtGTyieCjA/s1600/email+The+Fall+PETERS+36+x+54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOqB87HQldlZpr9fvvf2yUbvQS2MF0cSBPm017bM5okbm9_CNRvUOb74e4JhxMezTmkwPfs9fftOw9jYj8JM8kCCPPpNdwV5V4XKNiY-BXI2jgqF1Hoyc6s7Vz-59FtGTyieCjA/s400/email+The+Fall+PETERS+36+x+54.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"The Fall" oil on canvas, 36 x 54 inches. I started this large piece nearly two years ago, and I posted <a href="http://tonypetersart.blogspot.com/2009/05/preliminary-drawings-for-fall.html">preliminary drawings</a> here. Meanwhile, I've finished several other paintings, while I picked away at this one as a long-term project. When I initially came up with my idea for "The Fall", I wanted to include two figures in a landscape, and I had been looking at a lot of Rennaissance painting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I actually enjoyed painting all the leaves both on the bush and the ground. The underlying theme of the piece is in part about leaving civilization and going off into nature... somewhat of a departure for me, because I'm mostly known for my urban landscapes. But painting the figure has an organic quality to it, and studying nature has been rewarding to me.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The snake on the ground is supposed to be somewhat hidden from the viewer, as it is un-noticed by the couple in the painting as well.</div>tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-76990964484073661102011-03-12T16:53:00.000-08:002011-03-12T16:53:10.899-08:00"Over San Diego" or "Winter's Glow, San Diego"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MuormpU9RgRkfZlLG_WsyWvKDW7lc_CWgE1a_t5qK5b67jIZ74Z6VNZgCAcrzAQrQjqKPr1i4rt4OVixV0g7ZswhTP_C5t6LY-4zKwvOvqGnrFlaGnL9ifitOlV-818M8b58ew/s1600/Over+San+Diego+PETERS+16+x+20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MuormpU9RgRkfZlLG_WsyWvKDW7lc_CWgE1a_t5qK5b67jIZ74Z6VNZgCAcrzAQrQjqKPr1i4rt4OVixV0g7ZswhTP_C5t6LY-4zKwvOvqGnrFlaGnL9ifitOlV-818M8b58ew/s320/Over+San+Diego+PETERS+16+x+20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
This new piece is either called "Winter Glow, San Diego" or "Over San Diego"... 16 x 20 inches, oil on canvas. Which title do you prefer?<br />
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The location is just south of downtown San Diego, overlooking the Coronado Bridge in the background. The two models I used, Brandi and Justin, also appear in another painting I just finished. The pattern of leaves behind the figures was enjoyable to paint, and a challenge. I like the mood of the piece, the day was overcast, and the soft lighting worked well.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-92139959399601689122011-03-04T14:23:00.000-08:002011-03-04T14:41:17.023-08:00Suong Yangchareon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpGVoCwZkZj2_a5byzxOB5sC8HVaPfjLLspojC8XnfJB9iQKO_RpmByGjmLDvsguxacAhsSoGmBXyRyjBgsXVyCrrIJ9Yat201Z_vT2tdhVR6m1ScddNunmndaX6fTPb61S4ssQ/s1600/Yangchareon+scan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpGVoCwZkZj2_a5byzxOB5sC8HVaPfjLLspojC8XnfJB9iQKO_RpmByGjmLDvsguxacAhsSoGmBXyRyjBgsXVyCrrIJ9Yat201Z_vT2tdhVR6m1ScddNunmndaX6fTPb61S4ssQ/s400/Yangchareon+scan.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br />
I was up in Pasadena on Wednesday and had lunch with an old friend of mine, Suong Yangchareon. He gave me this invite (pictured above) for his exhibition at <a href="http://www.paulthiebaudgallery.com/">Paul Thiebaud Gallery</a> in San Francisco. The reception is next Tuesday, March 8th, from 5 to 7pm. Paul Thiebaud Gallery is located at 645 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 9413. They have a number of fantastic painters in their stable of artists, including Wayne Thiebaud, David Fertig, Celia Reisman, and Eileen David, just to name a few.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I first got to know Suong about 14 years ago when I was working as an assistant at the Mendenhall Gallery in Pasadena, where Suong exhibited his work (and later, I did too). We got to be good friends, and Suong became an early influence upon me (as well as Richard Bunkall) in painting the urban landscape. We would gallivant around Los Angeles shooting photos of old diners, city streets, and panoramic views of LA wherever they could be found. As a wedding gift, Suong gave Holly and I this painting (below) called "San Pedro" 18 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas...<br />
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</div>"Liquor Store Nocturne, Escondido" 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas.<br />
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I finally have my exhibition date scheduled for May 14th, 2011 at <a href="http://www.knathangallery.com/">K Nathan Gallery in La Jolla</a>. There will be nearly 30 paintings, the biggest and best show of my career to date. Currently I'm working on an exhibition catalog, and other materials for promotion. I'm exhausted, excited, and eager to see it all come together.<br />
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This new piece is called "Liquor Store Nocturne" 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas. I'm painting a few Liquor Store pieces, I love the old signage, and the feel of a night setting. And more than a few of my figures lately have been on the phone... symbolic of trying to reach out and make a connection, or perhaps escape lonliness or anxiety.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23600407.post-53539018858342065362011-02-05T17:36:00.000-08:002011-02-05T17:36:57.814-08:00New York Nocturne, Union Square<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYWmvvkRhjlHBUd25ZlcMFwlRG1iODvKERt9h6hbXSOnfE4f45dInEsLYnwjV66CIgOvCHSUiEGE-nIGqv4NXzD3zTkH3Np901SY4jvoKioZrKUYMkindqiyHqekibLyjWmtrrQ/s1600/NY+Nocturne+Union+Square+PETERS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYWmvvkRhjlHBUd25ZlcMFwlRG1iODvKERt9h6hbXSOnfE4f45dInEsLYnwjV66CIgOvCHSUiEGE-nIGqv4NXzD3zTkH3Np901SY4jvoKioZrKUYMkindqiyHqekibLyjWmtrrQ/s320/NY+Nocturne+Union+Square+PETERS.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br />
This new painting is called "New York Nocturne, Union Square", oil on canvas, 13 x 18 inches. The model is my wife's little sister, Bretony, who came along with us to New York (along with my painting pal, Bill Wray). <br />
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This piece started out quite differently, I dismissed my photo reference and painted it from my imagination, and cropped the composition. I removed the umbrella that she was carrying at an earlier stage in the work, and replaced it with the cell phone that's Bretony's constant companion. I like how it turned out, it kinda has a George Tooker feel to it.<br />
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Shortly after our New York trip, Bretony moved there... she still hasn't put down her cell phone.tonypetersarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251577619044059658noreply@blogger.com4