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paintings
no waste
Since my childhood, there has never been any waste at home. Luckily we weren't served Brussels sprout every day: I was obliged to stay at the table and to finish all that was on my plate! This discipline is still with me and comes through in my work: having trouble throwing anything away but being at the same time meticulous, I give my work a certain precision by including material which is not habitually used. -
watercolors
After etching and painting, in 2008 Peter BOND begins to explore the media of Aquarelle. The result is a stunningly beautiful, coherent suite of 36 works titled "LOST". When asked to comment on the series, the artist answered: "I don't really feel like saying anything about being Lost."
The series consists of 6 sets, each preceeded by a Painting (the Guide), followed by 5 Watercolors, variations of the theme introduced by the painting. The artist creates his Aquarelles just like his paintings: on the wall using tape to fix them. At the end, the aquarelle is cut off the wall, leaving a stretch of tape around the image. These stretches of tape become an integral part of the work.
The watercolors are signed, dated, titled and numbered at the lower right. Produced on Winsor & Newton Cotman 300gr paper they measure 38 x 56 cm each.
The Paintings, executed in oil and acrylic on canvas, measure 65 x 65 cm. -
etchings
The following body of work was created between 1978 and 1987 at Bill W. Hayter's Atelier 17 in Paris. Peter BOND comments on this work: " There is no Edition of Etchings, but Edition of Plates on which I work, with the use of a scraper, to the extreme wear. Each print is unique and contains an accomplished image. Each image is inscribed, step by step, by variations on the zinc plate. It is in the disappearance that the image finds its presence."
Etchings (gravures) printed on 250gr Arches paper. Unframed.
Peter Ross BOND
