Peter Kuttner

Peter Kuttner was born and raised near Boston, Massachusetts, and on the rugged coast of Maine. He earned his BFA from Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, and experienced a successful career as an illustrator. Peter later relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, and bravely embarked on a career as an artist. His time living near the beach influenced his subtle palette of cool blues and greens, warm golds, and rich reds, hues that are complicated by the atmospheric clarity he finds in the arid southwest. Kuttner approaches each canvas with a keen technical acuity while simultaneously yielding to the spontaneous development of the work. His attention to detail is a primary concern. He hand-finishes each canvas, resolving every painting to a very particular level of complexity.

Kuttner’s sophisticated understanding of dimensionality cuts across his entire body of work, creating a coherent and seamless aesthetic. He exploits the painted plane as a structure of opportunity for depth by layering textures, colors, and finishes. Kuttner’s portfolio includes several genres of paintings: cityscapes, still life/florals, minimal abstractions, figures, and transitional. The impressionistic treatment of the canvas, combined with the text fragments asks us to remember a time when we wandered the city or recorded our memories of walking a deserted street in the rain