Chorus2

                  The Chorus Line
This group of paintings and preparatory drawings are a narrative about the possible end of humanity.
Over consumption, over population and a culture of extreme self-interest may bring about a collapse of
the natural support systems that gave rise to our species.
  The masquerade is a devise used to symbolize the culture of universal dissembling. The face we
concoct to hide our true selves from reality and from each other. The masks are the media, the face of
the hive mind.
   The Last Fisherman shows us a possible last man on the planet, clinging to a post. St. Sebastian, only
here there are no arrows of Roman vengeance. Instead the wounds are the marks of self-inflicted
disease or perhaps the vengeance of the nature.
  These three canvases are an exploration of the possibilities of this theme. Peter is planning to do
more, culminating in a mural sized grouping. When He works on a subject it is a process of discovery and
so he really does not know the outcome. Maybe in the end, on the last canvas, we will all survive.

The Last Fisherman 72 x 48

Study for Chorus Line 2 56 x 46

Study for The Chorus Line 1 48 x 40

Study for the Chorus Line, The Flood
60 x 48

Study for the Chorus Line, Landslide
56 x 50

Study for the Chorus Line, The Farm
56 x 44

Study for the Chorus Line, The Stakes
52 x 42