Peter Stichbury

Recent Paintings

25 Nov — 18 Dec 2020

Michael Lett is pleased to present a selection of paintings by Peter Stichbury produced during 2020.

 

Stichbury’s portrait-like paintings explore themes that relate to observations of human consciousness and emerging sciences. These real and imagined figures are witnesses to these ideas and occurrences.

Peter Stichbury
Chloris (Joanna Bajena)
2020
oil on linen
95 x 75cm

Peter Stichbury
Hermes Kriophoros
2020
oil on linen
95 x 80cm

Peter Stichbury
Julia Fischer, NDE
2020
oil on linen
77.5 x 60cm

Although his style remains consistent from project to project, this continual thematic reinvention has allowed the artist’s oeuvre to gradually accumulate an absorbing breadth and complexity.
Michael Wilson, Artforum

Peter Stichbury
Daedalus
2020
oil on linen
70 x 55cm

Peter Stichbury
Kurt Gödel (ontological proof)
2020
oil on linen
50 x 40 cm

Stichbury’s portraits depict the citizens of an alternate reality that hovers just out of reach, visible but partially suppressed.
Michael Wilson, Artforum