The premise behind my art is 50,000, 500, 5 feet.
A larger viewpoint that evokes a response to move forward and investigate further, thus allowing an intricate story to unfold for the viewer.
Each intricate story is a laden with parts of my psyche, my journeys and my experiences.
And as life often can be, there are nuances and details that are often observed at a subconscious level that weigh heavily on the outcome of the story.
Strange + Compost is Peter Bell
ABOUT ME ::
I am self-taught as an artist. a late-bloomer some might say—having done very little to nothing with art until I was 26. I began to sketch and paint as means of escape from myself and the world around me. A good friend whom had seen what I was doing suggested I do something with my new found talent, so I shifted into the world of graphic design and art direction where, through trial and error, I have been able to teach myself a profession as a way to make ends meet.
In doing so, I have been able to amass a body of work that has been recognized both nationally and internationally as a creative director/art director/designer. My commercial work has been recognized by such fine institutions as Communication Arts, Graphis, Print Regional Design Annual, The One Show, HOW Design International Awards, Step Design 100 Showcase, the ADDYs and even Dirt Rider magazine (for Product of the Year).
The last ten years I have been on a journey of personal exploration as a way to allow my creative soul to flourish unfettered. The result is a body of work that I have just begun to share with the world. My work is an amalgamation of many disciplines. I work both digitally and traditionally (often infusing the pieces with my poetry, photography and found objects) to create mixed media metaphors that help explain the world around me.
Birthplace: La Mesa, California
Education: Self-taught
Lives: Janesville, Wisconsin
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Top 40 International Juried Exhibition
2010
Gallery Night & Day, Gallery 326, Milwaukee, WI, Group Show
2009
Talula, Madison, WI, “Strange + Compost”, solo exhibit
Projekt30.com, Juried Special Exhibit Group Exhibit – Fear 3
2008
Winter Gallery Art Walk , Cramer-Krassalt, Milwaukee, WI, Group Show
Flying Man Walking the Fish, published in the book: “One: Meditations on Human Unity”