Author Archives: Peter

Neon Art at Toronto Light Festival

Neon Art at Toronto Light Festival

Four pieces of my neon art are on display as part of the Toronto Light Festival in the front windows flanking the main entrance of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The festival, now in its third year, runs from January 18 to March 3, 2019. The pieces, “Ceci N’est Pas Illuminé”, “Neon Cave Art”, “Cover the World” and “Madonna With Neon Halo and Fender Stratocaster” are featured at the official hotel of the festival, the Fairmont Royal York, which sees 300,000 people passing in front of it every day. All four pieces are available for sale.

Art War

My new film “Art War” now completed! Here’s the logline: An interactive film, in which the audience participates as part of a blind jury for an art academy whose decision could save the lives of 80 million people. Telling me than that would give away the story of it too much.. Festival release date to… Continue Reading

Biograph Girl

Biograph Girl

“Biograph Girl” is a great novel by William J.Mann I’ve optioned. It’s now a terrific script for a feature film that I’ve co-written with Jennifer Dale, Barry Pearson and Raymond Storey. I am currently packaging the film with the aim of producing it in early 2019. Continue Reading

New Art Exhibition

New Art Exhibition

I have a new exhibition of my paintings at the Curran Gallery at 1027 Queen St. East in the Leslieville Studio district, opening Friday, Sept 23. I’ll have some of my “Animology” paintings, a couple of early ones from my new series “Paintings on Painting”, and some others, such as the Donald Trump portrait shown… Continue Reading

“Images of the Wild” Exhibition

“Images of the Wild” Exhibition

I have a new solo exhibition of photographs and paintings titled “Images of the Wild” at the Ben Navaee Gallery in Toronto from July 15 to 28, 2016. The paintings are all new ones from my “Animology” collection. The photographs are large 4 foot blow-ups taken around the world, printed on glowing acrylic, the prints… Continue Reading

Exploring, in the wake of Theodore Roosevelt

Exploring, in the wake of Theodore Roosevelt

One of the most unusual of “Angry Planet” episodes was the story of our trip to Brazil to search for the lost boats of the 1914 Theodore Roosevelt expedition down the River of Doubt, later named the Rio Roosevelt. Deep in Amazonia, we chased caimans, ran white water and explored the climate changes affecting the… Continue Reading

Angry Planet: Polar Bear on Pivot TV

Angry Planet: Polar Bear on Pivot TV

Pivot TV premiered our Angry Planet Polar Bear episode Friday, April 29 across the US. We filmed it last August on the shores of Hudson Bay. That’s me on the left, in green with George (in yellow) in front of me. I knew that if the bear attacked, I didn’t have to run faster than… Continue Reading