![©2019 Alicia R Peterson, *Jupiter Red Spots*. Acrylic on 40-inch diameter convex canvas. My largest work so far. Photographer: Peter Scheer.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/Jupiter_RedSpots_40_2019_copy_3_{width}x.jpg?v=1635266535)
An Abstract Artist Paints the Dance of Shadow and Light
Click here to view listing for Jupiter Red Spots. Embracing the Dark Night, I find my lightMystery swirlsChaos ripplesI...
![©2021 Alicia R Peterson, Peace. Acrylic on 12 x 12 x 7/8-inch wood panel. Photographer: Peter Scheer.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/Art-either-Peace_720x_0ec7958e-de35-40fc-aeaf-0b1c06e59d82_{width}x.jpg?v=1630435811)
Show: Long Island Museum of Art, History and Carriages
LIMarts: a collaborative arts group was challenged to paint on a provided 12 x 12 panel. Every artist was compelled...
![Woohoo, first time in too long I am attending an opening reception. And, thrilled to have my work included in local arts section about the show.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/jupiter-show-cropped_{width}x.jpg?v=1630436355)
Show: Local Color at Gallery North
I am honored to be included among local luminaries in “Local Color” at Gallery North. "Gallery North is pleased to...
![© 2019 Alicia R Peterson, *Infinity*. Acrylic on 36-inch convex canvas. Photographer: Peter Scheer.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/2-20Infinity_36_2029-copy-768x768_{width}x.jpg?v=1632411025)
Quiet Voices: Thirteen Works with Limited Palette. An Abstract Artist’s Euphony
“Make it into a series!” I had heard this command throughout the years I studied with the late great Stan...
![My largest painting to date, I consider this work my crowning glory. Read the story below to hear of its one-year creation cycle. © 2019 Alicia R Peterson, *Jupiter Red Spots*. Acrylic on 40-inch diameter convex canvas. Photographer: Peter Scheer.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/jupiter-red-spots1_{width}x.jpg?v=1632410878)
A Painting Talks Back to its Creator: Alicia R Peterson
Artist: (As I gaze upon the blank 40-inch circle canvas) Oh my, that is a lot of empty space. Maybe...
![Stan comments on one of my early works when I still painted on the rectangle form. You never know what will happen when you stand vulnerable and put your painting on the dreaded critique easel. © Alicia R Peterson.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/5f1b3af5-416c-4e2d-844c-c3a2a850ff3e_{width}x.jpg?v=1630436524)
Stan Brodsky’s Dreaded Critique Easel
To know Stan is to know that Stan always had something to say about art. He was lovingly fierce in...
![Stan Brodsky challenged us to create on any material.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/stan_{width}x.jpg?v=1630437784)
My Insides Are Showing: Stan Brodsky and the Power of Art
I feel naked—bare to my soul—as I view an empty canvas. I am at my most vulnerable, yet most expansive....
![© 2019 Alicia R Peterson, *Portal*. Acrylic on 30-inch diameter convex canvas. Photographer: Peter Scheer.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/8-portal_{width}x.jpg?v=1632412338)
A Portal into the Great Unknown of Painting
I plunge into the great unknown of painting. I stand in silence, arms outstretched, receiving, grounding, calming. My breath deepens....
![Promo for Stan Brodsky & Friends. On exhibit in the Jeanie Tenglesen Gallery at the the Art League of Long Island from April 13 through April 28, 2019.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/4-brodsky-friends_{width}x.jpg?v=1630507869)
An Invitation to Celebrate Stan Brodsky and the Power of Art to Transmute
Stan Brodsky taught me that my feelings about painting were true, my insides were really showing. He was my first...
![©2015 Alicia R Peterson, *Shades of Change*. Acrylic on 18 x 18-inch panel.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/4-Shades-of-Change-18x18-Acrylic_Panel-copy-768x768_{width}x.jpg?v=1632412368)
Finding Circles by Way of the Square: An Abstract Artist Begins her Journey into Infinity.
Our story begins with a square. The Long Island Museum charged its artists members to create on one square foot...
![©2018 Alicia R Peterson, Autumn. Acrylic on 24-inch diameter convex canvas. Photographer: Peter Scheer.](http://aliciarpeterson.com/cdn/shop/articles/Autumn-24_-copy_{width}x.jpg?v=1630512860)
Finding Peace in a Year of Fire, Molting, and Painting
On the last day of 2018, I exclaimed to myself, “Oh, this has been a fantastic year.” Then I stood...