By Ellen C. Caldwell
for New American Paintings
David E. Peterson (NAP #112) takes industrial design as his inspiration and turns it into art for your wall. Moved by the bold colors, layout, and rhythms of storeroom floors and wall displays, Peterson set out to mimic and recreate those aesthetic triggers in his wall sculptures.
Bright and bold, his works offer an immediately recognizable visual suggestion and allusion to references we consume daily while driving past storefronts, window shopping on a stroll, and going through the motions of daily urban living. Shying away from commenting on materialism directly, Peterson reflects both our consumer-driven culture and our need to consume art and design, even while shopping. – Ellen Caldwell, Los Angeles Contributor
Ellen Caldwell: First, I loved your works featured in NAP last year. Could you tell me a little bit about your inspiration for these works? Are they a cohesive series?
David Peterson: Yes, the work that was featured in a NAP #112 is part of a cohesive series titled “By Manufacturer.” This series is based on deconstructing products within industrial design. I love looking at product design and deciding what I think the best part of the design is, and then reconstructing those elements into a new composition…
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