Having worked in sculpture over many years, I’ve on occasion delved into making prints as I’ve done for the last two years, using a printing-press to create one-of-a-kind prints. They avoid becoming editions of any length.
I have enjoyed and been challenged by how printmaking allows a dialog among the materials, the hardware, and the practitioner. As with sculpture practice, the artist works in the presence of often intractable materials, their amounts and weights, tactility, heuristic decision-making, and even the ambient air.
Altogether, the artist works with both body and mind, with patience and forgiveness, and the embrace of the love of surprise. In the process I learn about myself, my dreams and loves and I hope that the viewer might find something absorbing and enveloping, as well.
Peter’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the DeCordova Museum, Harvard Art Museum, the Rose Museum, Danforth Museum, Hamilton College Museum, Hyde Park (MA) Bajko Rink, and a public atrium in University Place, Harvard Square. He has receive a grant from Artist Resource Trust (ART), was a founding member of Boston Sculptors Gallery, and has had many solo exhibitions.
