Peter van Straten

Waiting for swimming mothers (2022 remix)

Oil on canvas, 120cm x 160cm

October 27, 2022 | Comments » | Share:

A last walk with Grandad

October 27, 2022 | Comments » | Share:

Delirium Equilibrium

What a dream to be in it, this busy world, swirling its delirium. Chaos burning, flapping, chirping, splashing, dancing with equilibrium.

May 9, 2022 | Comments » | Share:

Brief Guests

We run through this land, mysterious, shifting place. Generation after generation, brief guests in time and space.

May 9, 2022 | Comments » | Share:

The pot plant

Delight in your metamorphosis, whatever shape it takes. It may require no more accoutrement than tai chi and green paint. Oil on canvas

April 24, 2022 | Comments » | Share:

Stroll

To walk and talk with an old friend, nothing needing explaining or proving. Right at home in each other, what could be more soothing? Oil on canvas

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A gift for Mondrian

Poor old Mondrian, let’s give him a treat. Place spheres on the Dutch landscape and pray that they bring him relief. Oil on canvas

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Letting life in again

Letting life in again, through arteries forbidden to harden. Like the touch of a lover’s hand, reaching from a neighbouring garden. Oil on canvas

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Downloading grace

Finally acknowledging limitation, finally just alone. Finally acknowledging process, finally still in the flow. Oil on canvas

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Exploding life

In every tamed place, hides the secret lode. Of a million miraculous seeds, waiting to explode. Oil on canvas

April 24, 2022 | Comments » | Share:

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