Garbage Sheep - Peter Wallis

Garbage Sheep / 2023 / Peter Wallis (Santa Monica, California) / Gouache on wood panel / 4 x 4 inches / $200

“In my {rural Vermont] hometown the state fair is a big part of what happens. I created this series imagining the carousel animals escaping and haunting the town. It [is] a visual metaphor of animals once part of the carnival that are now free. The skeleton symbolizes a certain kind of eternity or realm. The freeing of these animals are a symbol my where I am from and how the carnival haunts the area as it comes to town and eventually leaves. I created a sheep and random garbage [while] thinking about the history of agriculture, the carnival and [the] carousel animals that guide us to the spirit realm.”

Peter Wallis is an interdisciplinary artist based out of Santa Monica, CA. He has worked with students throughout the country, teaching visual arts at independent schools and nonprofit arts organizations. In 2006, Wallis received his BFA in Illustration, with a double minor in Art History and Drawing from the Maine College of Art in Portland, ME. In 2010, he received his MFA from Goddard College with a focus on Printmaking, Graphic Novels, and Peace Studies. Additionally, Wallis served as an artist in residence in 2009, with Can Serrat, an international artist residency located in the Montserrat Mountains of Catalonia, Spain. Wallis’ work has been shown at the Putney School, Goddard College, Chaffee Art Center, Oakland Art Library, the De Young Museum, Lois Lambert Gallery and other galleries in the U.S.

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