PRESS
October 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AL PETERS, RECENT PAINTINGS ON EXHIBIT AT LEIGH WEN FINE ART
Leigh Wen Fine Art is pleased to announce a One-Man Exhibition of Recent Paintings by AL PETERS.
The works will be on display from Saturday, October 1st through Thursday, October 20th 2011
and there will be a reception for the artist, on Thursday, October 6th from 6:00pm-8:00pm.
Leigh Wen Fine Art is located at 547 West 27th Street, Suite 504, T (212)-564-1460 www.leighwenfineart.com
AL PETERS was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his BFA and MFA from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Peters was the recipient of a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting
and Sculpture, in Skowhegan, Maine, where he studied with John Button, Robert Andrew Parker and
Bob Cronbach. From 1970 to 1976, Mr. Peters was an instructor in the Fine Arts Department of Minneapolis
College of Art and Design. He has taught watercolor painting at the Educational Alliance in New York City,
and is currently teaching Art History at Mercy College in New York City.
One Man Exhibitions in New York City:
Artist’s Statement:
“What I am after are dense, complex, undidactic images, wherein the poetry is readily accessible.
In my paintings the shapes are the‘horses’- ideas are the ‘landscape’.” “Delectation and the delight
in art are not trivial or superficial concepts and must be made profound and fundamentally invigorating.
They can be nurturing and are absolutely essential for human well-being and development.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AL PETERS, RECENT PAINTINGS ON EXHIBIT AT LEIGH WEN FINE ART
Leigh Wen Fine Art is pleased to announce a One-Man Exhibition of Recent Paintings by AL PETERS.
The works will be on display from Saturday, October 1st through Thursday, October 20th 2011
and there will be a reception for the artist, on Thursday, October 6th from 6:00pm-8:00pm.
Leigh Wen Fine Art is located at 547 West 27th Street, Suite 504, T (212)-564-1460 www.leighwenfineart.com
AL PETERS was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his BFA and MFA from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Peters was the recipient of a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting
and Sculpture, in Skowhegan, Maine, where he studied with John Button, Robert Andrew Parker and
Bob Cronbach. From 1970 to 1976, Mr. Peters was an instructor in the Fine Arts Department of Minneapolis
College of Art and Design. He has taught watercolor painting at the Educational Alliance in New York City,
and is currently teaching Art History at Mercy College in New York City.
One Man Exhibitions in New York City:
- Large Paintings, Tower 49, 12 East 49th St, NYC, NY January-June 2007
- Paintings, Chase/Chelsea Branch, 475 West, 23rd St. NYC, NY Spring 2004
- The Painting Center, Three Person Show, 52 Greene St, NYC, NY January 6- 31, 2004
- “In the branch at Chase, 525 Broadway, “Recent Paintings”, September 18- October 30, 2003
- The Durst Organization, “Recent Paintings,” Show Walls, in the lobby of 1133 Avenue of the
Americas, NYC, NY December 1, 1999- January 31, 2000
- Art & Design Collective, Century City Mall, LA, Calif, Nov 1- Dec 24, 2010
- Little Red School House I 20 Gallery Art Auction, 529 W, 28th St, NYC 2003 (through present)
Artist’s Statement:
“What I am after are dense, complex, undidactic images, wherein the poetry is readily accessible.
In my paintings the shapes are the‘horses’- ideas are the ‘landscape’.” “Delectation and the delight
in art are not trivial or superficial concepts and must be made profound and fundamentally invigorating.
They can be nurturing and are absolutely essential for human well-being and development.”
“Tuba City” o/c 12” X 13” 2008
