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...
The Power of Co-creation: An Abstract Painter Regains Her Mojo
I was depleted in mind, body, and soul. The primal need to paint was strong but I had no energy, no chi. I could not...
Rolling Around Naked in Nothingness: An Artist’s Re-Entry into Painting
I have very few regrets about how I walked through the ashes from a fire in my home and studio in February...
An Abstract Painter’s Year of Rising from the Ashes
On February 4, 2018, an electrical fire brought destruction to my home and studio. The happy ending…no one was hurt....
The Power of Art: First you Cry, Then you Create
Standing in front of the bare critique easel, I haltingly told my story. Super bowl Sunday 2/4/18 found me in...
An Abstract Painter Rises from the Ashes
To those close and dear to me, please forgive me for telling you about my fire adventures this way. I...
Maine has claimed my artist’s eye. This summer and fall I traveled to Bailey Island, Maine. For a NYC raised...
An Abstract Painter Searches for Space
It feels like I have been searching for space all my life. My personal space bubble, my comfort zone...
This painting first emerged at “The Art of the Figure,” curated by Philip Pearlstein, Gallery North, East Setauket, NY. This...
An Abstract Artist Discovers the Power of 'Yes, And'
“Yes, and” is the foundation of improvisation…A cooperative venture in creation. You receive the offer of your partner and add...
The Painting with a Mind of its Own
So what happened to that painting created in the shadow of the full moon while I painted, danced and tore...
Bronze-River. ©2017 Alicia R Peterson, acrylic on linen, 10 x 30.”. Photo: Peter Scheer So where is the wisdom in...