Peter Cole
ARTIST STATEMENT
When painting I rely on working directly from the image. Usually that is of people engaged with an activity around water. Sometimes these paintings are continued in the studio. With sculpture I don´t work as directly with a model but will develop a figurative theme from sketches. In my sculpture and painting my goal is to create a vital image of the human figure.
Bio Peter Cole
I was born in Berkeley, California in 1954. At the age of 13 my family and I lived in Sweden and I began to study art with the Wood Sculptor Allan Jaderos. Later returning to the United States I continued with my interest in art and finished High School in Los Angeles California.
At the University of Utah I received a Bachelors degree with emphasis in Painting and Sculpture. In 1988 I finished a Masters degree in sculpture from Boston University. In 1988 I began a 18 month Fulbright grant to study the wooden folk art sculpture of Mexico. In the 1990´s I was an adjunct faculty member for ten years at the University of Utah.
Currently I have been a faculty member for 10 years at the Universidad Mundial in La Paz Mexico. I teach Sculpture, drawing and painting. For me teaching serves as a complement to my art work.
