Peter Hoffer Art
Canadian, b. 1924
Peter Hoffer's contemporary paintings have been described as being as much about studio materials and techniques as the subjects they convey.
Peter Hoffer portrays trees. He invites the audience to take a closer look at their posture, their details and their expressions. The subject is as important as the technique: the way trees grate, scratch and age is as much of a concern to Hoffer as the trees themselves. They are painted in a very classical, realistic and almost photographic manner, but they have a strong contemporary feeling imparted by the epoxy resin finish and the rough wooden box on which the artist paints. Hoffer’s work is a paradoxical mix of past and present, old and new, rough and sophisticated, realistic and abstract, outside perspective and intimate feeling.
The trees that Peter paints are not a copy of an existing geography. Sometimes he paints from photographs, but most of the time these trees are reminiscences. However, whether they exist or not, he sees his work as more about technique, about how he perceives the world, rather than the reality of the world itself. A few kilometres from Montreal, Peter has a cottage in the middle of the forest, which has become his lair, a place where he loves to paint. When he gets started, he starts by painting with oil on wood, then the more creative part begins: he applies touches of acrylic paint and several coats of epoxy varnish, which he makes himself. This process was inspired by the varnishes used in the academic painting salons of the 19th century, a way of embellishing paintings and conserving them. For the artist, it is a question of staging evocative landscapes, which will awaken memories, dreams, a feeling of déjà vu in each one. But at the second reading, if we see more than a landscape but a true reflection on art, the representation of nature and the painting as an object in itself, then he will have succeeded in his wager.(Biography provided by K plus Y Gallery)
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Artist: Peter Hoffer
Dior - acrylic, oil, vintage paper, fashion female model, collage in plexiglass
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In his couture series, Peter Hoffer explores the theater of fashion through a reinterpreted runway. In this mixed media painting, a realistically rendered model for the French fashi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media
Panoramic No 1 - green, red, brown, yellow, horizontal, acrylic, resin on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Stunning rich landscape, painted on panel and sealed with resin. The work speaks to a classic romanticism in the landscape, with a thoroughly modern and contemporary treatment with t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Panel, Resin, Acrylic
Setting - green, violet, orange, sunset, landscape, acrylic and resin on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A sky of lavender, pale blue and gold rises above green fields in this classic landscape by Peter Hoffer. The rich colors and depth of the image is enhanced by a coat of resin on the...
Category
2010s Abstract Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Resin, Board
Drummer - green, blue, garden, boy, figurative acrylic, oil and pigment on jute
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The figure of a drummer boy in blue is set against the backdrop of a cultivated garden in this haunting image by Peter Hoffer. In his paintings, Hoffer evokes nostalgia for classical...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Jute, Oil, Acrylic, Pigment
Peach Sky - yellow, blue, pink, landscape, contemporary, acrylic, resin on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A lone tree set against a subtle peach-coloured sky has a serene and moody presence in this landscape by Canadian artist Peter Hoffer. Hoffer has created an entire series of tree por...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Panel, Acrylic, Resin
"Scene 2", painting by Peter Hoffer (16x64'), 2016
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Paris, France
"Scene 2", oil painting of a tree by Peter Hoffer.
Peter Hoffer is a Canadian artist who has enjoyed a successful career in Northern America.
Peter Hoffer portrays trees. He invites...
Category
2010s Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Board
Sacred-Heart - large, fashion, female, abstract, graffiti, resin, acrylic, panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Forgive Us Our Sins, Sacre-Coeur (Sacred-Heart in English) depicts a high fashion model on the Paris runway. St. Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, is scrawled on the canvas, graffiti style. Created in three vertical panels that reference the classic style of altar pieces, it is elevated by the lower panel. The prettiness of the model is in contrast to the grittiness of spray paint that is superimposed on the work.
This lower panel has been treated with a high gloss resin, in contrast to the matte finish of the rest of the work.
Scrawled in the lower left portion of the painting, the text reads Pardonne nos péchés, or forgive us our sins.
This monumental work is rendered in realism, but ultimately expressed as a defaced modern commodity. The spray painted graffiti is transformed into a series of balloon like images, festive till one realizes they came from a paint gun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Waltz - green, pink, blue, trees, forest landscape, acrylic and resin on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single grouping of trees displayed on a colorful sky backdrop boasting hues of soft pink, lavender and blues. The painting has a liveliness that is enhanced by the resin on the sur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Board, Acrylic, Resin
"Lindon", painting by Peter Hoffer (37x24'), 2019
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Paris, France
"Lindon", oil painting of a tree by Peter Hoffer.
Peter Hoffer is a Canadian artist who has enjoyed a successful career in Northern America.
Peter Hoffer portrays trees. He invites ...
Category
2010s Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Board
Tree Study at Dusk - landscape, trees, contemporary, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Lush, romantic imagery with a distressed surface. Hoffer's technique presents great depth of field and features hues of lavender and blues. Towards the bottom of the picture plane, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Tree with Violet Skies - landscape, contemporary, acrylic, resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A leafy summer tree framed by a sky of mauve, amber and cerulean dominates the picture plane of this acrylic on board by Peter Hoffer. The artist's skilled rendering reminiscent of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Board, Acrylic, Resin
View South - green, blue, violet, panoramic landscape, acrylic on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A wide summer plain, dotted with distant trees and atmospheric mountains meets a hazy sky in this acrylic and resin painting on board. The artist's skilled rendering reminiscent of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Resin, Board
Tree Through Window Pane - blue, green, landscape, acrylic, resin on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A leafy summer tree overlaid with the pale blue outline of a window pane is framed by a sky of periwinkle in this acrylic on board by Peter Hoffer. The artist's skilled rendering rem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Board, Acrylic, Resin
Bauhaus No 02 - large, blue, green, architecture, deconstruction, mixed media
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Peter Hoffer’s landscapes have one foot in classic realism and the other in deconstruction. This work, created with clay silicate and pigment on linen, juxtapose the Bauhaus architec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Clay, Linen, Pigment
Blue Halo - earthy, landscape, tree, contemporary, acrylic, resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This painting has a slightly surreal quality, a bit like the landscape of a mid-summer night's dream. The light comes through the cracks, illuminating reflection and missing elements...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Panel, Acrylic, Resin
Marque - small, intimate, skyscape, tree, contemporary, acrylic, resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single tree displayed on a colorful sky backdrop boasting hues of lavender and blue. The painting has a liveliness that is enhanced by the resin on the surface of the work.
Pet...
Category
2010s Abstract Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Board, Acrylic, Resin
Assembly - soft, landscape, forest, contemporary, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This romantic painting from the Berlin studio of acclaimed Canadian painter Peter Hoffer is lush, rich with color, and has the surrealism of being in the interior of the forest. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Resin, Wood Panel
Bauhaus No 01 - large, blue, green, architecture, deconstruction, mixed media
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Peter Hoffer’s landscapes have one foot in classic realism and the other in deconstruction. This work, created with clay silicate and pigment on linen, juxtapose the Bauhaus architec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Clay, Linen, Pigment
''Vermeer' Contemporary Canadian Landscape Painting with Moving Sky and Tree
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Canadian artist Peter Hoffer (1965) is best known for his landscape paintings. His style has also been compared to the idealistic landscapes of the 19th-century landscape painter Joh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel
Loretto - tropical, yellow, red, blue, contemporary, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A majestic palm stands tall amidst a tangle of tropical plants in this landscape by Peter Hoffer. The Canadian artist is known for creating romantic pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Peter Hoffer Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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