Peter Siegel

Peter Ira Siegel (23.10.1952)

There are several continuous threads running through the work over the years, I've always been interested in expressive figurative as well as subjective (gestural) non-representational work, and I've always sought a heightened emotional expression through the use of brilliant colors.

My last few years work (primarily abstract) is brilliantly colored and lyrical. The paintings have been inspired by my favorite music and usually titled after songs.

The aim of my work is to engage the viewer as a participant, as the other half of the equation. The colors I use are emotionally and symbolically charged, intended to provoke an immediate, visceral response and invite the viewer into a dialogue with the painting. I want people to bring their own unique perspectives and meaning to these "totems" which occupy and influence our common space.

I want to convey the continuous and fluid nature of more or less obvious figurative image making. The expressive humanistic components reveal themselves whether or not figures are overtly obvious.

I have a strong interest in blending colors optically, using a translucent layering, patch-like tapestry technique to achieve the final surface or outer skin of the p...

2022 - 14th annual members exhibition, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY

2019 - The colors of Fall, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY

2017 - Hot & Cool Summer Exhibition, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY

2016 - Exhibition, Warner Library, Tarrytown, NY

2015 - Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY

2012 - One Man “Paintings” exhibit, Rye Public Library, Rye, NY

2011 - “Pow Punch Re-zoom” exhibit, Wilton Library, Wilton, Ct.
Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY

2010 - “One of Many” exhibit, Mt. Vernon Library Rotunda Gallery, Mount Vernon, NY
One Man Exhibit, Jazzworx, Norwalk, CT

2008 - One Man Exhibit, Jazzworx, Norwalk, CT

2007 - One Man “Decades” Show, 3rd Rail Studio Gallery, New Rochelle, NY

2006 - Best of Westchester Waterworks show, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY

2005 - Fuse exhibit, Multimedia Performance Dance Studio, Norwalk, CT
Exhibit, Pain, Spine and Sports Treatment Center, Hartsdale, NY
Exhibit, Jay Lombard Neurology Clinic, Pomona, NY

2004 - NYSATA Members Exhibit, Rye, NY

2000 - Z Gallery, NYC

1999 - Het Jan Gallerie, Rotterdam, Netherlands

1998 - Shoe String Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
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