REPLAY VALUE at Western Relics
Located at 1400 Irving street in the Sunset. I will be showing 11 new paintings from September 19 to October 30th. The Closing Reception will be held on Friday, October 28th 6-9pm.
From thickly textured fabrics to smooth, polished surfaces, Peter Warren's work longs to be touched. These object centric pieces have presence.
I will be showing paintings this Saturday at the 20th Street Block Party with 24k Studios Presents. This is the fourth show this year with the 24k mobile gallery and should be a good one. More info on the event at 24kstudiospresents.com and 20thstreetblockparty.com .
Come say hi! See some art and hear some music :)
I try to paint at the edge of my skill. Blending moments of past experience with new ideas and innovations. I keep the end goal in mind, without limiting possibilities. In my experience it's good to take a step back and listen. Sometimes a painting will show you what it wants to be. Something unexpected. I don't want to drown out those possibilities.
How a canvas edge meets wood, or how the front of the canvas relates to the side, gives me a lot to consider. Importantly how the painted object itself meets the art industry. The wall. White walls are an implied vacuum for art. A backdrop or way of contextualizing the work. The wall is a network which ties the painting to a larger, public conversation. The final moment of my control is found at that edge. Then it's public. It speaks and takes on a life of it's own. I try not to think of a painting as done when I'm through painting. If anything that's when it begins.