Project Summary: coming soon
Artist Bio: Peter grew up in the Milwaukee area and has had a lifelong ambition to work as an artist. Most days, he is in his studio in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He also is a part-time lecturer in the Art Department at UW-Madison. For Peter the creation process is not always direct; he tries to grasp the space in its complexity and wants to create something that can be remarked on by people. He starts working with a form – in the case of this project, a paper ring – and proceeds to bend and fold it, finally creating an undulating wave form which is conceived into the final sculpture, a bronze metal with granite stones. Granite, a glacial stone, comes from the earth from a variety of strata. He called this “poetics in a Whitman-esque way.” He likes material and form and works to have his piece support and work in its environment, growing out of, rather than intruding into, the landscape.