Peter Von Zur Muehlen

The art which Peter von zur Muehlen creates is as difficult to classify as the artist himself. He works in several different styles and mediums. Some of the work is purely abstract and some uses stylized representational landscapes and figures which are symbolic, expressive, and dream like. Peter uses mediums like watercolors, colored pencils, crayons, acrylic paint, and sometimes a computer to create the works which are obviously colorful and also creates works with a very somber pallet (the collages) using found paper.

We sat down with the artist and asked him some questions:
Q. Why so many different styles and mediums?
A. Two different factors drove that over the years. One began when I was 18 years old. I had just started playing around with a more abstract style which emphasized color. At that time I was using watercolors, but after a while I had the desire to try acrylic paints also, and somehow I started playing with crayons, which must have just been laying around the house at first. The interest in color, even though it was happening first with the landscape pieces with the trees, just lent itself to going into the abstract work. The other thing that happened was that after many years I got bored with what I had been do...

Fine Arts at Florissant Valley Community College. Working on a bachelor's in communication from Ashland University.

Large solo exhibit at the Midtown Arts Center. 2000
Three exhibits in the community area of Wild Oats. 1998 - 2001
Thomas Jefferson School alumni show. 2004
Four shows at De-zine hair and art studio. 2007 - 2010

My work was collected by Thomas Jefferson School. By the owner of De-zine hair and art studio and by many private collectors during that time.