I am still writing this artist's statement, it will continue to evolve as I have time.
These figures, with their references to both faeries and undead attempt to draw the viewer in with their charm and simultaneously repel the viewer with their integration of death and decay.
Many stories refer to the dark fae, the unseelie, and these figures bring those stories to life with grim visions of fae who've turned to the dark. I want my art to evoke references to a larger world which they might inhabit. I want stories which evoke other stories and creatures which have a greater life, all their own.
Peter Gardner
December 28, 2017
Berkeley, CA