Peter Dixon
Part Time CEBFA - Pratt Institute
Contact
pdixon@nhia.edu
Teaching Philosophy
Mystical ...Spiritual are some of the responses to my work. But, I am not a mysterious person. For me the work is about the edges of seeing --the way an image appears or reappears on the periphery of an edge. In my paintings I use oil on canvas because of the sensitive quality of the medium and the nuances of value I can achieve. My work is color, light and shadow, and value relationships that are in and about the square. The square format eliminates any vertical or horizontal elements or narrative suggestions. The subject is deceptively simple. One shape diffuses into its background allowing another to move to the foreground in a soft shift of muted color and close value. I like the subtle way the relationship of foreground and background change as one looks at the painting. The atmospheric, mystical movement is created by the eye’s optical journey through the work.
