It’s only mountains (and the sea)

Art, Beeldende Kunst, Contemporary Art, Landscape, Painting

Preparing a day at the park…

These are studies for making a big size work that I wanted to realize for my participation at the colorfield performance in the summer of ’23. My goal was to make a colorful minimal work with abstract organic shapes and round forms. This idea of these round dots came from my sketches in which I just started to draw stains with colour until it became a form which satisfied me as such. There is still a lot more of experimenting to do with that. For the painting which I had to realize in one day at the project, it had to be recognizable as a landscape but somewhat in between abstract and figurative. How far can you go with abstraction en what do you accept as a recognizable form?

A day at the park

Art, Beeldende Kunst, Dutch Contemporain Artist, Exhibition, installation art, Landscape, Object art, Painting

The day: 15 July 2023

The challenge: create a painting on a wooden panel sized 1.22×1.22m in one day in the open air with provided paint. Wooden panel is screwed onto a frame and is adjusted to personal height.

The setting: the painting is one element of a bigger plan; approximately 500 panels/paintings placed next to each other in an eclips formed shape. An outdoor exhibition during the summer, entry free.

The location: Park Lingzegen, Elst, the Netherlands (1 may till 1 oktober 2023)

The project: The colorfield performance

Recent works…

Art, assemblage, Beeldende Kunst, Contemporary Art, Mixed media, Object art, Painting

‘Bokito’ – Wood, tile, paint. – August Robin Peters – 2023

‘Kimono’ - Wood, tile and paint. – August Robin Peters – 2023

‘Geiser’ – Paint on wooden parts – August Robin Peters – 2023

Three Bottles

Art, Beeldende Kunst, Contemporary Art, Painting

‘Thermos 3’ – Acryl and lacquer on cardboard. 55x78x8cm. October 2022. August Robin Peters.

Red sky

Art, Beeldende Kunst, Contemporary Art, Dutch Contemporain Artist, Landscape, Mixed media, Painting

A new work combining painting and assemblage. In a collage manner of working the wooden parts make an alternative “frame” as well as an second layer to the whole image. As my works often needs a certain time to come together, maybe interesting to mention is that the base of this painting comes from a painted canvas (dates 2008) in red and yellow stains that I never finished but in this work has found its place. To me the work reflects a dreamy interpretation of roofs and windows in a red sky.

Red skies – Mixed media – 33x47x3cm – August Robin Peters – November 2022

Detail – Red skies – 2022 – August Robin Peters

Augustenburg

Art, assemblage, Beeldende Kunst, Collage, Contemporary Art, Dutch Contemporain Artist, Landscape, Mixed media, Object art, Painting, photograpy, Small paintings

From a photo to a artwork. A landscape I walked through last summer when I was in Denmark. It’s the park around the ‘Augustenburg’ estate. I was struck by the effect of the large trees and shadows surrounding the path that surrounds the castle. I didn’t want to reproduce the photo one on one, but I kept an certain impression in my head during the creation of this work. Combined from found pieces of wood and added panels and rest materials. It has become a combination of abstract, a bit impressionistic and best figurative for me. Sometimes you can’t avoid a tree.

‘Augustenborg’ 22x43x4cm – acryl op hout assemblage – August Robin Peters – 2022

Foto: August Robin Peters – Slotpark Augustenborg – 2022

Composition Box No.32, No.33 & No.25

Art, Beeldende Kunst, Contemporary Art, Mixed media, Painting, Paper Art

August Robin Peters – 2022 – Mixed Media – Three dimensional painting with box no. 33, no.32 and no.25 in wooden cabinet.

What is your D n a ?

Art, assemblage, Beeldende Kunst, Contemporary Art, installation art, Mixed media, Moderne kunst, Object art, Paper Art

This installation is made of 25 compositions on cardboard boxes, made between 2020 and 2022. The method of making and the ingredients are the same. The outcome is very different and variable. It made me think of the human D.N.A. How we all are made of the same but differ so much from each other.

A framed composition with three boxes

Art, assemblage, Beeldende Kunst, Contemporary Art, Dutch Contemporain Artist, Mixed media, Moderne kunst, Object art, Paper Art

Composition with packaging box No. 31, No. 32 & No. 34 – Cardboard, paint, paper and wood – August Robin Peters – 2020/2022 (This work is sold)

In this work I realized a new composition existing out of individual pieces which are combined together to create a new image. The frame is made of old left-over pieces of wood and combined with new parts.

The frame that is holding the 3 boxes and 1 little one is constructed to accommodate the composition boxes, which are commutable, because you can simply pull them out and change them for another and make your own combination. The shape and design are inspired on fruit and vegetables baskets as you see them presented in markets or grocery stores.

I wanted to emphasize the heritage of the painted boxes which are made of packaging materials coming from the world of consuming.