a love letter to an investor

A love letter to an investor is a one day exhibition by Peter Luke. The show consists of paintings and drawings created in 2017. This will be his largest show since Peter started exhibiting in 2013.

In the beginning of 2017 Peter moved to a new city and spent the majority of the year working in a factory during the day and washing dishes at night. Locations always impact his work in different ways. Being embedded in these new environments affected one major part of his work, the colour palette, “2017 the year of the navy”. Peter set out to create a body of work for the viewer to use as an introduction to him. There is no earlier work shown because growth is an important factor in his paintings. Peter thought showing his recent work would provide the viewer with a good representation of where he is at the moment. This is shown through the content, colours and techniques constantly changing.

The pieces in the show are a mixture of paintings on canvas and drawings on paper. Peter works continuously and uses what he absorbs during everyday life to stimulate the work. The drawings are mostly pencil and oil sticks layered on top of paint. A unique multi-layered surface can be created when original drawings are revisited. The drawings are much more instant and in the moment which provides a raw glimpse of that day.

The paintings are created with acrylic paint on canvas and range from large scale to much smaller works. They are thought out and tend to be more linear yet like the drawings they too consist of multiply layers of paint which disguises the underneath. The application of the paint varies throughout and some of the pieces have had so much pressure applied it has resulted in the tearing of the canvas’. Unlike the drawings the paintings have had a large portion of time dedicated to them. A presence of previous paintings can be seen through the scraping’s and scratches, a combination which produces textural surfaces.

To accompany the exhibition there will be a free book with the work and a visual tour can be seen at: reoccurringthemes.com

Private viewings can be arranged for throughout the day. For further information and images contact: info@reoccurringthemes.com instagram.com/reoccurringthemes