Peter deRosa

Abstract Paintings

Abstract paintings.

A brief description of my approach to my abstract paintings; is to create a visual representation of an internal investigation of emotional experience.

Through sketches and notes, I will refine the idea of what the painting will represent to me.

Using my sketches in conjunction with something I have directly witnessed or experienced in nature I will begin to block out my painting. Finding the appropriate physical model or realizing the combination of sometimes disparate items/experiences that I would like to abstract, can be a journey of it's own. There are times in my approach that everything happens quickly, experiences and ideas all come to fruition in the blink of an eye. Other paintings can take years for me to feel as though I have the appropriate starting point to begin the painting.

The end result for me is to have hopefully had a cathartic experience and /or realization during my investigation, and a compelling image.

Spine 2016

37" x 49" Pen and Ink drawing on MDF board

(Available for purchase)

Mask 2016

49" x 37" Pen and Ink drawing on MDF Board

(Available for purchase)

Abundant 2012

48" X 50" Ink and Acrylic on Strathmore paper

(Available for purchase)

Flower 2011

42" x 42" India Ink and Gesso on Strathmore paper

Loose Ends 2010

49" X 42" Ink and Acrylic on Strathmore paper

Tangle 2008

48" X 48" Ink and Acrylic on Masonite board

(Private Collection)

Atlas 2008

48" X 48" Ink and Acrylic on Masonite board

(Private Collection)

Animals

Animal paintings.

I grew up on a non-working farm in upstate New York, surround by nature. I spent hours in the fields of alfalfa and corn, and had countless adventures in the woods. The neighboring dairy farms and apple orchards were each home to astoundingly unique ecosystems. From a young age I took note of the many similarities and difference of these places and still feel the bursts of inspiration that absorbed me as a child.

Rooster 2011

47.5" x 50" Ink on Strathmore paper

(Available for purchase)

Grey hound 2008

24" x 48" Oil on Masonite board

(Private Collection)

Bacon 2008

36" x 72" Oil on Canvas

(Private Collection)

Pig 2011

30" X 40" Ink on canvas

(Private Collection)

Bull 2011

42" X 42" Walnut Ink on Strathmore paper

(Private Collection)

Moose in creek 2011

42" X 42" Ink on Strathmore paper

(Private Collection)

Humming Bird 2009

30" x 40" Ink on Canvas

(Private Collection)

Pidgeon 2007

18" x 24" India Ink and Gesso on Masonite board

(Private Collection)

Insects & Arachnids

Large format Insect and arachnid paintings.

I am fascinated with bugs, all the different shapes and sizes of these unique and enduring creatures is amazing. It is endlessly entertaining to watch the fuzzy, yellow and black Bumble bee slowly wobble from plant to plant and then contrast that to watching the intense speed and focus of a sleek, armored spider furiously working on a potential meal trapped in it's web. I try to make these creatures pop and magnify the nuance of of their actual, often bizarre anatomy.