Fork and Knife Artist Lou Peterson | Sunrise

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Artist Lou Peterson

Los Angeles, California, USA

Sunrise
Oil Painting

Artist Statement
Still life painting has always been fascinating to me.  Specifically, the unique formal properties of the food items.  When I first started incorporating processed foods into my work, a whole world of possibilities opened up to me.  I found the colors of the processed foods to be dynamic and varied – almost like painting flowers. 

Surprisingly, the processed foods seem to possess intrinsic scenic qualities, which weren’t as strong in other still life subjects I painted. For example, the piece in this show “Sunrise” evokes clouds and a sun. This wasn’t planned, but after I finished the title screamed out to me.

I think this is only possible when using these strange otherworldly objects – both whimsical and uniquely American.

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