"Illig’s style is somewhat traditional in the two oil-on-canvas compositions. In ‘Friendship of Gilgamesh,’ two young men sit on a couch; ‘Allegory of Painting’ is a mock triptych on the various roles of women. Both Illig paintings have the character of creepy detective-novel covers that contrast with the mundane scenes he captures."

-Michael Paglia, Westword

"Peter Illig uses a three-part format to reveal an enigmatic narrative with references to classic Hollywood and art history."

-Michael Paglia, Westword

"With five shows happening or coming up right away, Littleton painter Peter Illig is juggling canvases (‘This one won’t fit in my car’), family, teaching career, and a head filled with ideas for more paintings… ‘Looking For His Other Half,’ a recent show, looked at how men seek something they lack when painting or illustrating images of women. He looked at historic and current examples. The ‘Friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu’ painting, actually is a picture of two painters who share his studio space, and is about relationships between men, with a background of mythological characters. Layers of mythology, art history and literary references are symbolized in his work. The technique is realistic, but ‘I can’t be called a photo realist because I don’t know what a painting will look like when it’s done.’ Paintings apparently develop a life of their own in progress, parallel to what many writers claim with characters in novels. Many paintings depict artists’ studios as background setting -‘a metaphor for the workings of our minds, a dark workshop where things happen.’"

-Sonya Ellingboe, Littleton Independent