Olympus Within (Colorado Springs)Celebrating the installation of Olympus Within.
Full Sky (New York)Photo Credit: Tina Quatroni
Olympus Within (Colorado Springs)
Olympus Within (Colorado Springs)
Coyote (San Jose)Howling Male Coyote - One of four bronze Coyotes on Park Street Bridge in downtown San Jose, next to Adobe headquarters.
Coyoete (San Jose)Howling male coyote, near Guadalupe Expressway, San Jose, CA. One of four bronze Coyotes on Part Street Bridge, the western gateway to the City.
Coyote (San Jose)Female Coyote - One of four bronze Coyotes on Park Street Bridge in downtown San Jose.
Coyote (San Jose)Female Coyote - One of four bronze Coyotes on Park Street Bridge in downtown San Jose, next to Adobe headquarters.
Coyote (San Jose)Close up view. Howling male coyote, on 16 foot steel pedestal, near Guadalupe Expressway, San Jose, CA. One of four bronze Coyotes on Part Street Bridge, the western gateway to the City.
Confluence (San Francisco)Two bronze monuments, Confluence and Skyward at corner of Post and Mason, San Francisco, CA
Confluence (San Francisco)Two bronze monuments, Confluence and Skyward at corner of Post and Mason, San Francisco, CA
Confluence and Skyward (San Francisco)Confluence and Skyward, twenty tow feet high at corner of Post and Mason, San Francisco, CA
Skyward (San Francisco)One of two bronze monuments, commissioned by Academy of Art University, Skyward, in San Francisco, CA
Skyward (San Francisco)One of two bronze monuments in San Francisco, Skyward, a 22 foot high form.
Silver Brown Andreceramic portrait with metal powder finish
Silver Brown Andre (detail)ceramic portrait with metal powder finish
Marvin (Red Beard)ceramic portrait with metal powder finish
Gold Head Male (front view)ceramic portrait with metal powder finish
Gold Head Male (3/4 view)ceramic portrait with metal powder finish
Warm Brown Gold WingWarm Brown Gold Wing (approx. 16” h x 15” w x 18” d)Within everyone is the impulse toward achievement, whether to pursue a personal or spiritual goal. To achieve our dream, we must commit to daily practice and keep the bar high. This earthen-colored solution is an exploration of form, that I hope becomes a reminder of the ‘waking dream’ -- that dream vision that comes to us with our eyes open. When sculpting, I enjoy allowing the tool marks and raw forms of the process to be translated to the final bronze - Rough-marks are mirrors of our own imperfection.
Warm Brown Gold Wing (left side)Warm Brown Gold Wing (approx. 16” h x 15” w x 18” d)Within everyone is the impulse toward achievement, whether to pursue a personal or spiritual goal. To achieve our dream, we must commit to daily practice and keep the bar high. This earthen-colored solution is an exploration of form, that I hope becomes a reminder of the ‘waking dream’ -- that dream vision that comes to us with our eyes open. When sculpting, I enjoy allowing the tool marks and raw forms of the process to be translated to the final bronze - Rough-marks are mirrors of our own imperfection.
Warm Brown Gold Wing (right-detail)Warm Brown Gold Wing (approx. 16” h x 15” w x 18” d)Within everyone is the impulse toward achievement, whether to pursue a personal or spiritual goal. To achieve our dream, we must commit to daily practice and keep the bar high. This earthen-colored solution is an exploration of form, that I hope becomes a reminder of the ‘waking dream’ -- that dream vision that comes to us with our eyes open. When sculpting, I enjoy allowing the tool marks and raw forms of the process to be translated to the final bronze - Rough-marks are mirrors of our own imperfection.
Warm Brown Gold Wing (right side)Warm Brown Gold Wing (approx. 16” h x 15” w x 18” d)Within everyone is the impulse toward achievement, whether to pursue a personal or spiritual goal. To achieve our dream, we must commit to daily practice and keep the bar high. This earthen-colored solution is an exploration of form, that I hope becomes a reminder of the ‘waking dream’ -- that dream vision that comes to us with our eyes open. When sculpting, I enjoy allowing the tool marks and raw forms of the process to be translated to the final bronze - Rough-marks are mirrors of our own imperfection.
Warm Brown Gold Wing (right side)Warm Brown Gold Wing (approx. 16” h x 15” w x 18” d)Within everyone is the impulse toward achievement, whether to pursue a personal or spiritual goal. To achieve our dream, we must commit to daily practice and keep the bar high. This earthen-colored solution is an exploration of form, that I hope becomes a reminder of the ‘waking dream’ -- that dream vision that comes to us with our eyes open. When sculpting, I enjoy allowing the tool marks and raw forms of the process to be translated to the final bronze - Rough-marks are mirrors of our own imperfection.
Warm Brown Gold Wing (left-detail)Warm Brown Gold Wing (approx. 16” h x 15” w x 18” d)Within everyone is the impulse toward achievement, whether to pursue a personal or spiritual goal. To achieve our dream, we must commit to daily practice and keep the bar high. This earthen-colored solution is an exploration of form, that I hope becomes a reminder of the ‘waking dream’ -- that dream vision that comes to us with our eyes open. When sculpting, I enjoy allowing the tool marks and raw forms of the process to be translated to the final bronze - Rough-marks are mirrors of our own imperfection.
Large Grey Blue Wing Large Grey Blue Wing (approx. 18” h x 15” w x 15” d)Perhaps, like a phoenix rising through smoke and ash, into a blue sky -- When envisioning this art, I saw human forms sprouting wings. Not angels, but empowered human beings poised to fly toward that quest of spiritual fulfillment. Pursuing a dream or pursuing excellence -- is like a spiritual flight.
Large Grey Blue Wing (left)Large Grey Blue Wing (approx. 18” h x 15” w x 15” d)Perhaps, like a phoenix rising through smoke and ash, into a blue sky -- When envisioning this art, I saw human forms sprouting wings. Not angels, but empowered human beings poised to fly toward that quest of spiritual fulfillment. Pursuing a dream or pursuing excellence -- is like a spiritual flight.
Large Grey Blue Wing (right)Large Grey Blue Wing (approx. 18” h x 15” w x 15” d)Perhaps, like a phoenix rising through smoke and ash, into a blue sky -- When envisioning this art, I saw human forms sprouting wings. Not angels, but empowered human beings poised to fly toward that quest of spiritual fulfillment. Pursuing a dream or pursuing excellence -- is like a spiritual flight.
Large Grey Blue Wing (right side)Large Grey Blue Wing (approx. 18” h x 15” w x 15” d)Perhaps, like a phoenix rising through smoke and ash, into a blue sky -- When envisioning this art, I saw human forms sprouting wings. Not angels, but empowered human beings poised to fly toward that quest of spiritual fulfillment. Pursuing a dream or pursuing excellence -- is like a spiritual flight.
Blue Sharp Geo Wing (detail)Blue Sharp Geo Wing (approx. dim. 14” h x 8” w x 8” d)This blue-colored bronze form could be seen as unfolding its wings in preparation -- Landing or taking off?. When we immerse ourselves into the moment, when we are fully present in our action and intention, we can fly. We may discover a gift, even in apparent misfortune. As we listen to our deepest, inner wisdom, as we create our strategy, and persist in our practice, we can impel our dreams into action. Our dreams can fly.
Blue Sharp Geo Wing (back)Blue Sharp Geo Wing (approx. dim. 14” h x 8” w x 8” d)This blue-colored bronze form could be seen as unfolding its wings in preparation -- Landing or taking off?. When we immerse ourselves into the moment, when we are fully present in our action and intention, we can fly. We may discover a gift, even in apparent misfortune. As we listen to our deepest, inner wisdom, as we create our strategy, and persist in our practice, we can impel our dreams into action. Our dreams can fly.
Blue Sharp Geo Wing (right)Blue Sharp Geo Wing (approx. dim. 14” h x 8” w x 8” d)This blue-colored bronze form could be seen as unfolding its wings in preparation -- Landing or taking off?. When we immerse ourselves into the moment, when we are fully present in our action and intention, we can fly. We may discover a gift, even in apparent misfortune. As we listen to our deepest, inner wisdom, as we create our strategy, and persist in our practice, we can impel our dreams into action. Our dreams can fly.
Blue Sharp Geo Wing (left)Blue Sharp Geo Wing (approx. dim. 14” h x 8” w x 8” d)This blue-colored bronze form could be seen as unfolding its wings in preparation -- Landing or taking off?. When we immerse ourselves into the moment, when we are fully present in our action and intention, we can fly. We may discover a gift, even in apparent misfortune. As we listen to our deepest, inner wisdom, as we create our strategy, and persist in our practice, we can impel our dreams into action. Our dreams can fly.
Small Blue White Wing (right)Small Blue White Wing (approx. dim. 10” h x 6” w x 6” d)As it sprouts its wings, I hope this small, simple design evokes an idea that the ability to achieve a dream is inherent in the dreamer. That is, you would not dream something, if you did not have, already within you, the ability to achieve your dream. These symbols may remind us - ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’
Small Blue White Wing (left)Small Blue White Wing (approx. dim. 10” h x 6” w x 6” d)As it sprouts its wings, I hope this small, simple design evokes an idea that the ability to achieve a dream is inherent in the dreamer. That is, you would not dream something, if you did not have, already within you, the ability to achieve your dream. These symbols may remind us - ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’
Small Blue White Wing (right side)Small Blue White Wing (approx. dim. 10” h x 6” w x 6” d)As it sprouts its wings, I hope this small, simple design evokes an idea that the ability to achieve a dream is inherent in the dreamer. That is, you would not dream something, if you did not have, already within you, the ability to achieve your dream. These symbols may remind us - ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’
Small Blue White WingSmall Blue White Wing (approx. dim. 10” h x 6” w x 6” d)As it sprouts its wings, I hope this small, simple design evokes an idea that the ability to achieve a dream is inherent in the dreamer. That is, you would not dream something, if you did not have, already within you, the ability to achieve your dream. These symbols may remind us - ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’
Golden Yellow Wing Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Golden Yellow Wing (right view)Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Golden Yellow Wing (rear)Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Blue Side WingSmall bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Blue Side Wing (rear)Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Blue SymmetrySmall bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Blue Symmetry (side)Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Brown WingSmall bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Brown Wing (left view)Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Open Wings 01Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Open Wings 01 (detail)Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Open Wings 01 (right view)Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Open Wings 02Small bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Wings Blue RendezvousSmall bronze series, exploring spiritual flight; an outgrowth of the Silver-Lining works. These are hand modeled in wax, cast in bronze 14-20” vertical height.
Pigeon (detail)Sculpted from life. Painted ceramic.
Pigeon (front)Sculpted from life. Painted ceramic.
Pigeon Sculpted from life. Painted ceramic.
Seated Male Twist (rear)Ceramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Male Twist Ceramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Female Dark BronzeCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Female Dark BronzeCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Green and Pink Seated (rear view)Ceramic figures with painted surface.
Green and Pink SeatedCeramic figures with painted surface.
Seated Gold FemaleCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Gold Female (rear)Ceramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Male SilverCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Male Silver (rear)Ceramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Female Torso SilverCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Female Torso Silver (rear)Ceramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Male Dark GoldCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Male Dark GoldCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Female Standing Unique cast bronze figure (approx 12”)
Female Standing (3/4 view)Unique cast bronze figure (approx 12”)
Standing Female (rear)Unique cast bronze figure (approx 12”)
Standing Female (side)Unique cast bronze figure (approx 12”)
Seated Male GoldCeramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Seated Male Gold (rear)Ceramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Two Silver FemalesCeramic figures with painted metallic surface.
Seated Female Yellow Gold Ceramic figure with painted metallic surface.
Pigeon (unfired clay)Sculpted from life. Wet clay.
Pigeon (unfired clay)Sculpted from life. Wet clay.
Center MaskColored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Center Mask (detail)Clay mask, wall work with single word affirmation, ‘Center’.
Dream MaskColored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Dream Mask (detail close)Colored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Dream Mask (detail)Colored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Listen MaskColored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Listen Mask (face detail)Colored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Listent (affirmation detail)Colored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Love Mask-BlueColored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Love Mask -Blue (detail)Colored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Love Mask-YellowColored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Love Mask-Yellow (detail)Colored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Play MaskColored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Insight MaskColored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Insight Mask (detail)Colored wall work, painted ceramic on wood panel.
Confluence Six Foot ModelPeter with his six-foot model of Confluence.
Confluence and Skyward MaquettesThese are three-foot and one-foot bronze models, of the Skyward and Confluence
Creating Confluence and SkywardWith my student team of assistants. Here I am working in water-based clay.
Confluence Being InstalledCorner of Post St and Mason Street, San Francisco, the crane installing the wrapped bronze.
Fabricating ConfluencePiecing together the large bronze monument.
Enlarging ConfluenceHere is the six-foot clay model and the larger full-scale foam enlargement.
Confluence InstallationCorner of Post St and Mason Street, San Francisco, the crane installing the wrapped bronze.
Creating Six Foot ModelsSix foot clay forms being prepared, prior to mold making.
SkywardPedestrian in front of Post Street San Francisco.
Firefighter (San Ramon)Seven foot bronze figure on a four foot steel pedestal in San Ramon, CA
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Created to honor the legacy of the activist and television innovator.
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston) Norman is standing right there! He loved it. Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin.
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin.
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin. Photo by Emerson College Media Derek
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin. Photo by Tyler Chartier.
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Photograph by Tyler Chartier. Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin.
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin. Photo by Tyler Chartier.
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Created to honor the legacy of the television icon.
The Norman Lear Monument (Bosotn)Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin. Photo by Tyler Chartier.
The Norman Lear Monument (Boston)Created to honor the life of TV icon Norman Lear. Peter was lead artist in this collaboration with artist, David Duskin. Photo by Tyler Chartier.
Wonded Man (San Mateo)A close detail of face. This nine foot bronze work is in front of the San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Wounded Man (San Mateo)This nine foot bronze work is in front of the San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Earth and Sky (Santa Rosa)Peter with Vineyard owner, Jean Charles Boisset, before landscaping.
Play Sky (Sonoma)At a private residence in Sonoma County, CA, this 12 foot vertical work is a welcoming icon.
Earth and Sky (Santa Rosa)Marquee entry artwork to DeLoach Vineyards in Somoma County, this playful bronze honoring the celestial growing cycles, is seventeen vertical feet high.
Wings1 Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver nitrate patina. 38” vertical height.
Wings2 (side)Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver nitrate patina. 32” vertical height.
Wings3Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver nitrate patina. 30” vertical height.
Wings1 (side)Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver Nitrate. 38” vertical height.
Wings1 (rear)Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver nitrate patina. 38” vertical height.
Wings1 (detail)Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver nitrate patina. 32” vertical height.
Wings3 (detail)Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver nitrate patina. 32” vertical height.
Wings2 (detail)Inspired by spiritual flight and the inner Olympian, that I know dwells in each of us. Bronze with silver nitrate patina. 32” vertical height.
Peter Offers Silver LiningSilver Lining Mother Fucker (spoken word) performance, On Peter birthday, 2013, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibition sculpture and writing inspired by spiritual flight, the Inner Olympian, that dwells in each of us.
Silver Lining Exhibition OpeningSilver Lining Mother Fucker (spoken word) performance, On Peter birthday, 2013, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibition sculpture and writing inspired by spiritual flight, the Inner Olympian, that dwells in each of us.
Silver Lining Exhibition SpaceSilver Lining Mother Fucker (spoken word) performance, On Peter birthday, 2013, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibition sculpture and writing inspired by spiritual flight, the Inner Olympian, that dwells in each of us.
Silver Lining Exhibition SpaceSilver Lining Mother Fucker (spoken word) performance, On Peter birthday, 2013, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibition sculpture and writing inspired by spiritual flight, the Inner Olympian, that dwells in each of us.
Silver Lining MotherfuckerSilver Lining Mother Fucker (spoken word) performance, On Peter birthday, 2013, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibition sculpture and writing inspired by spiritual flight, the Inner Olympian, that dwells in each of us.
Every day, every dropSilver Lining Mother Fucker (spoken word) performance, On Peter birthday, 2013, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibition sculpture and writing inspired by spiritual flight, the Inner Olympian, that dwells in each of us.
Wings On YouSilver Lining Mother Fucker (spoken word) performance, On Peter birthday, 2013, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibition sculpture and writing inspired by spiritual flight, the Inner Olympian, that dwells in each of us.
PregnantWe have three children, but it took my wife and me, several years to get pregnant - and during that time my wife was studying to be a lay midwife. There were many pregnant women in our lives. I saw a spiritual beauty to those vital swollen forms. This was originally modeled in soft wax then cast in bronze.
Pregnant (right side)We have three children, but it took my wife and me, several years to get pregnant - and during that time my wife was studying to be a lay midwife. There were many pregnant women in our lives. I saw a spiritual beauty to those vital swollen forms. This was originally modeled in soft wax then cast in bronze.
Pregnant (front)We have three children, but it took my wife and me, several years to get pregnant - and during that time my wife was studying to be a lay midwife. There were many pregnant women in our lives. I saw a spiritual beauty to those vital swollen forms. This was originally modeled in soft wax then cast in bronze.
Pregnant (left)We have three children, but it took my wife and me, several years to get pregnant - and during that time my wife was studying to be a lay midwife. There were many pregnant women in our lives. I saw a spiritual beauty to those vital swollen forms. This was originally modeled in soft wax then cast in bronze.
Pregnant (back)We have three children, but it took my wife and me, several years to get pregnant - and during that time my wife was studying to be a lay midwife. There were many pregnant women in our lives. I saw a spiritual beauty to those vital swollen forms. This was originally modeled in soft wax then cast in bronze.
Pregnant (right)We have three children, but it took my wife and me, several years to get pregnant - and during that time my wife was studying to be a lay midwife. There were many pregnant women in our lives. I saw a spiritual beauty to those vital swollen forms. This was originally modeled in soft wax then cast in bronze.
Matador (left)I created a series of loose figurative abstractions and this one reminded me of a Matador in his hat - reminiscent of those seen in Picasso’s pen and ink drawings.
Matador (right)I created a series of loose figurative abstractions and this one reminded me of a Matador in his hat - reminiscent of those seen in Picasso’s pen and ink drawings.
Matador (back)I created a series of loose figurative abstractions and this one reminded me of a Matador in his hat - reminiscent of those seen in Picasso’s pen and ink drawings.
Matador (front)I created a series of loose figurative abstractions and this one reminded me of a Matador in his hat - reminiscent of those seen in Picasso’s pen and ink drawings.