Escape of the Carousel Goat - Peter Wallis

Escape of the Carousel Goat / 2023 / Peter Wallis (Santa Monica, California) / Gouache on wood panel / 4 x 4 inches / $200

“In the late 19th century Spiritualism and Seances occured at an Abenaki cave near my house. These two clairvoyants called the Eddy Brothers would summon ghosts out of a cave. There is a book written about it called 'People from Another World.' The goat symbolizes this farm and these seances. I always thought it was a tall tale [until] there was a night near the cave where I encountered a ghost of someone I knew who [had] committed suicide near the Eddy Brother's home. Most of my paintings are connected to that experience in some way.”

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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