Stefan Peters
Untitled (Vista series), 2020
Oil on gold leaf on eight wooden panels
40 x 30 cm (each)
In his series ‘Vistas’, Stefan Peters shows images with a strong landscape character, which are entirely made up of brushstrokes. Experimental research in the discipline of painting (paint and color) is always present in his work. With these brushstrokes he models, so to speak, the landscape from color gradients. Landscapes with rocks, forests, mountains, fields and paths seem to appear before our eyes, but if we look closely, we only see brushstrokes. It is curious how these vistas have such a suggestive power and seem almost photographic from a distance. The suggestion of the view through airplane windows might come to mind.
In addition, his works shows a color study, as if there were bands of color that cross the landscape, referencing to classical landscape painting throughout art history. Underneath the paint shimmers a background of gold leaf on which he painted his vistas, adding another layer to his experiments with paint and color.
The work invites you to have a second look at the paintings and makes you wonder about what it is you see.
Stefan Peters (1978, Hasselt, Belgium) studied at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, The Netherlands, at the Academy of Fine arts, Genk, Belgium and at Falmouth College of Arts in Falmouth in the UK. He had residencies in the AIR Van Gogh Home in Zundert, The Netherlands, Air Chateau de Suronde in Rochefort-sur-Loire, France, Artist Village by Warp in C-mine, Genk, Belgium and the Emile van Dorenmuseum also in Genk, Belgium. He has had exhibitions throughout Europe.