Artwork catalog
Paintings, drawings and collage, with photographs, exhibition records and writing about Peter.
About Peter
Peter John Geise is a San Diego artist whose layered, semi-abstract works combine drawing, painting, collage, and found material. Across more than four decades, he has carried that visual language through formal institutions, independent galleries, community spaces, and cross-border exhibitions without settling into a fixed formula.
That openness begins in the studio. Geise often starts without a fixed composition, allowing lines and figures to emerge through an automatic process.
Editing follows: forms are repeated, interrupted, labeled, buried, and brought back into view. Stamps and fragments of language become part of the painted surface, leaving earlier decisions visible within the work.
“I employ drawing, painting and collaged material in formal and random or automatic compositions.”Peter J. Geise · Artist’s statement
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The work, over time. Explore Peter’s exhibitions, collection records and their sources.
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