Peter Baczek
"Roofs", Etching, 11.5"x17.5", 1979
"NX2 Laurel", Etching, 11"x14", 2010
"The Turn Around", Lithograph, 16"x20", 2015
"Diagonals", Etching, 6"x10", 2020
"Flying Buttress", Etching, 15"x 12", 2022
"Sonoma", Etching, 9.5"x14", 2016
"Structure", Lithograph, 7.5"x9", 2018
"Angled Planes", Lithograph, 6"x9", 2019
"Network", Linocut, 12"x 9", 2021
"The Ascension", Graphite, 16"x 28", 2022
I choose to create cityscapes through a more refined interpretation of the scene before me. The use of shadow, texture, and value establish areas of movement and light that can create a certain mood. The broad mass of walls, roads, or sky act as compositional components and establish areas of color and light that can create a certain mood in the finished work.
Peter received his BA in Art with a concentration in Printmaking from San Jose State University in 1970. He spent some time studying Intaglio with Eleanor Rappe at Fort Mason Art Center in San Francisco. Over the years he has been included in national and international competitions receiving numerous awards. He has participated in many group shows in galleries and museums, including the Berkeley Art Center, Triton Museum, Tokyo Art Museum, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art, and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. He is in several permanent collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, Tucson Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Turner Print Museum, and the Library of Congress. He is also a member of the Boston Printmakers.
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