The featured exhibit runs November 1 – 30, 2024 in Metro Gallery in the Garneau Theatre lobby.⁠

 

Artist Reception: November 2 at 2:00 pm

 

Artist: Peter Field

 

Artist Statement:

Magic Squares is the title of a painting by one of my heroes, Paul Klee. I fell in love with his work as a teenager. Looking at his paintings was the first time I really got abstract art and started to love it. I tried to copy them (“this looks easy”) and was deeply humbled by the experience. I realized I had a long road ahead before I’d be able to mix colours with anything approaching the subtlety that he did. Fifty years later I’m still learning, and loving the process of mixing colour.

 

Peter Field has worked as a painter, sculptor, theatre designer, prop maker, scenic painter and festival artist. His paintings are in the collections of The Alberta Art Foundation, The Canada Council, The Art Gallery of Alberta, The Edmonton Public Library, The Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre and many private collections. He has had one man shows at The Art Gallery of Alberta, The Works Gallery, The Citadel Theatre, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre among others. He has been part of group shows at The Art Gallery of Alberta, Presentation House, Latitude 53, The Royal Alberta Museum and The Works.