http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gary-peterson.html?tab=blog Gary Peterson - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/A10331-3707-Logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gary-peterson.html?tab=blog Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:38:09 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/beliefs-desires-and-the-male-gaze.html Art connects the intellect with an emotion and makes you feel good - or at least smart. But the intellect is rigid and emotions are unstable - they can flare up and get out of hand. Michelangelo is said to have taken a hammer and wacked a sculpture b... Tue, 27 May 2008 15:25:44 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/florence-between-the-lines.html I had just finished reading that medieval epic Dante's Inferno when these words took hold of my mind: ldquoCheacute la diritta via era smarritardquo - I had lost the path that does not stray. Like an acid flashback those words turned into an obsessio... Thu, 22 May 2008 13:37:08 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/a-maze-in-grace.html Like each one of the dozen pen and ink drawings in my DIA Series (Detroit Institute of Arts), this rendition of Sargent's "Madame Poirson" is also a maze. There is a single white path (revealed here in blue) that winds from arrow to arrow through eac... Sat, 17 May 2008 16:44:11 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/the-latin-word-for-lascivious.html From Boonersquos Farm to Bali Hai, itrsquos time to get down and dirty at a group groping, grape stomping festival orsquo fun shedding your inhibitions and spilling the wine at this grasser on Andros island thrown by Titian (hey, is that Venus of Urb... Wed, 07 May 2008 18:12:36 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/i-cut-off-my-ear.html Well, I did it - and what a bloody mess. I cut off my ear. Hurts like the dickens. That's it wrapped in 100% acid-free cotton rag. I thought my art would create its own buzz, but I am distraught that my Detroit Dozen series of pen amp ink drawings... Sat, 03 May 2008 08:53:05 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/the-art-world-is-elliptical.html The Art World is Elliptical (See my art gallery for full illustration.) An artist interprets objects for the viewer but something always gets lost, added, or changed in translation. Art seldom takes the direct route from object to subject. Dis... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:25:00 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/multiple-personalities.html I've just added art aplenty to my gallery here at FAA. Call it a Gary Peterson retrospective: A collection of drawings, paintings, and visual curiosities that are my oeuvre (hey, I've been to France.) You'll not only see more famous art interpreta...