Charcoal Boy - Peter Wallis

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

“In this series this is a visual metaphor about someone I knew who lived across from the fairgrounds and would chain smoke Marbs in his basement. He had a cat die in his basement and left the cat there for years as he would continue to chain smoke in his basement. Shortly after he clean up the skeleton in the basement, after many years, he lost his life in a tragic car accident at a young age. I think he is connected to the cat in some way and this painting is a visual metaphor for him.”

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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