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Born in Los Angeles, United States B.A., Antioch College |
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"While my work is predominantly figurative, the treatment of the human form is, with some exceptions, essentially abstract. For me, the process of painting begins with the attempt to tap into a feeling (or a feeling state), and then to create a setting in which that feeling resides. The forms and their articulations, the colors and the textures, are decisions made, and more often revised, in an effort to be true to the underlying feeling. The evolution of the work is a struggle which involves my constantly having to accept or reject what I have just done. Over time, I have come to respect the mystery whereby things unexpectedly reveal themselves--things I had not initially planned or intended. In some cases, the meanings that present themselves, as well as those I consciously attempt to convey, are eventually distilled into a title. In others, the title is simply a designation, a means of identification. Finally, what seems most important to me is the experience of the whole work 'informed' both by the content of feeling and the emerging spectrum of meanings."
Peter Eliscu, February 2000
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Selection of works from Peter Eliscu |
