Peter Rappoli

Born and bred in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Earliest influences were John Marin, early Dutch Master still life painting, Nancy and Sluggo comics, Batman and Superman comics, then on to TinTin comics Japanese prins (Yoshitoshi, Utamaro, Hiroshige, and Hokusai)

Later influences were Richard Yarde, Morton Sachs and Paul Georges

Oil is my favorite medium...it can be big, messy and earthy....I also like gouache, which is more intimate and delicate, and ink drawing which is as intimate as gouache but more controlled...at least the way I use these mediums

Boston University ....1966 to 1970....BFA in painting

I had great teachers at B.U.: Morton Sachs, Richard Yarde and Paul Georges stand out

First one man show, 1971, at the Ainsworth Gallery in Boston

First one man show in New York, 1977, at the Bowery Gallery, which was reviewed in a New Yorker magazine blurb; numerous group exhibitions here

Back in Boston: 7 one man shows from 1979 through 1993 at Gallery Naga, as well as many group exhibitions here and other venues

I have paintings in the Danforth Museum, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Rose Art Museum, Northeastern University, Trinity Church as well as many private collections

I've won 2 Massachusetts Artists Fellowships, one in 1982 and one in 1986