signed, titled & dated verso
Provenance: The Hett Gallery, Edmonton AB
London-born Graham Peacock studied at Goldsmiths School of Art (University of London, 1962-1966), before moving to Edmonton in 1969 to teach at the University of Alberta (retiring in 2008). A member of the New New Painters, the artist identifies with “process painting” or the “fluid school”, as associated with American abstractionist Jackson Pollack. In the early 1980s Peacock developed an inventive and personal painting style that involved freely pouring customized acrylics in layers. By not allowing each layer to fully cure during the process, he created separation and crazing at the surface, revealing the depth and contrast of the layers below.
Graham Peacock has an international exhibition history spanning more than 50 years. A retrospective of the artist’s work was held at The Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton) in 2005: “Graham Peacock at 60 – A Retrospective Exhibition 1980 to 2005”.