peter carr

Peter calls his style, Fractal Wavalism: the product of a cluttered mind drifting off into an alternative universe or dimension, where the creator is infinite and color, light, and contrast, boldly explode.

Every time Carr enters his studio to make art, he gets a childlike sensation of hopeful anticipation for playtime. He’s eager and excited to begin. That’s the feeling he wants to communicate with each piece of art that he creates. It's Carr’s hope that his paintings impart a similar experience for the viewer while allowing them to interpret the work through their own imaginations.

Carr thinks “making art is not work. It’s fun!” Certainly, the process of making art has many attributes of work. One takes into account the requirements such as materials, resources, form, structure, rules, and boundaries. Having spent a great deal of his life in the corporate world he embraces a thorough understanding of the requirements. However, while making art, he never thinks about the bottom line - the end result of work.

Carr approaches each composition with a clear concept, geometric structure, and colors in mind. He draws inspiration from his life-long interest in science, mathematics, poetry, music, religion, nature, and the ocean. Once he’s figured out the requirements, both variable and constant, playtime begins. And, just like the child staring into a kaleidoscope in wonder at the wide open sky, without concerns for space and time, Carr cranks up the music and begins to draw and doodle in random and unconscious ways. An imaginary world emerges across a landscape of forms, figures, and colors that interact, change and communicate with one another.

With a sense of contentment, he always knows when he’s done for the day. At that point, Carr steps back and stares at the imagery, without concern for anything outside of that moment. He thinks to himself: I created this and I can’t wait to begin again.