Peter Deacon RCA
Retro + Active - an exhibition of retro and current works spanning Peter Deacon’s career. The significance of the relationship between location and autobiographical history has been a significant factor in all his artistic work since 1975. Some works are of a large scale; some of it on canvas, board or copper, utilizing a diversity of mediums and processes ranging from photography and painting to etching and drawing. Parallel to this mainstream activity, he has always produced small-scale work. These intimate and immediate pieces have instigated the approaches used in more definitive works. They are deeply thoughtful considerations of place and space by an artist who continues to contribute greatly to his adopted country both with his work and with his teaching.
Continental Divide #9045, oil on canvas, 27.25 x 36 inches (69 x 91.5 cm), $4400.00 Cdn.
Entropy, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches (91.5 x 122 cm), exhibition frame, $5880.00 Cdn.
Valley Of Unrest (chiaroscuro), oil on canvas, 32 x 45 inches (81 x 114 cm), framed, $5390.00 Cdn.
Construction Of Ellipse #6, 1980, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches (76 x 76 cm), $4200.00 Cdn.
TORUS #1, mixed media on canvas over board, 24x24 inches (61 x 61 cm), framed, $3360.00 Cdn.
TORUS #4, mixed media on canvas over board, 24x24 inches (61 x 61 cm), framed, $3360.00 Cdn.
Blue Messenger #3, 1977, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122 cm), framed, $6720.00 Cdn.
Transmitter #14, acrylic on canvas, 24x24 inches (61 x 61 cm), framed, $3360.00 Cdn.
Signal Messenger, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122 cm), framed, $6720.00 Cdn.
Two Views Of The World, oil on canvas, 13 x 23 inches (33 x 58.5 cm), $2520.00 Cdn.
Mountains - Kananaskis #9133, c.1999, mixed media, oil encaustic on canvas, 10x33 inches (25.5 x 84 cm), $3200.00 Cdn.
Fragments Series, c.1999, mixed media, oil encaustic on canvas, 10x33 inches (25.5 x 84 cm), $3200.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #911, 2023, mixed media on board, 6 x 12 inches (15 x 30.5 cm), $1260.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #907, 2023, mixed media on board, 6 x 12 inches (15 x 30.5 cm), $1260.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #887, 2023, mixed media on board, 6 x 12 inches (15 x 30.5 cm), $1260.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #883, 2023, mixed media on board, 6 x 12 inches (15 x 30.5 cm), $1260.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #881, 2023, mixed media on board, 6 x 12 inches (15 x 30.5 cm), $1260.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #877, 2023, mixed media on board, 6 x 12 inches (15 x 30.5 cm), $1260.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #863, mixed media including collage / watercolour paper, 4 x 22.5 inches (10 x 57 cm), $1625.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #857, mixed media including collage / watercolour paper, 4 x 22.5 inches (10 x 57 cm), $1625.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #823, mixed media on birch panel, 12 x 36 inches (30.5 x 91.5 cm), $3360.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #821, mixed media on birch panel, 12 x 36 inches (30.5 x 91.5 cm), $3360.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #683, 2015, mixed media on birch panel, 24 x 48 inches (61x122 cm), $5000.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #619, 2012, mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 15 x 22 inches (38 x 56 cm), framed, $2200.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #607 (Athabasca Glacier on Banff / Jasper Parkway), 2012, mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 15 x 22 inches (38 x 56 cm), framed, $2200.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #577 (Trees, Castle Mountain), mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 11 x 30 inches (28 x 76 cm), $2200.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #571, mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 11 x 30 inches (28 x 76 cm), framed, $2200.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #563 (Castle Mountain), mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 11 x 30 inches (28 x 76 cm), $2200.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #499 (Bow River Falls), mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm), framed, $1100.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #419 (Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks), mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 15 x 22 inches (38 x 56 cm), framed, $2200.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #281 (Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks), watercolour and collage on paper, 15 x 11 inches (38 x 28 cm), framed, $1700.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #271, watercolour and collage on paper, 15 x 11 inches (38 x 28 cm), framed, $1700.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #269 (Athabasca Glacier), watercolour and collage on paper, 15 x 11 inches (38 x 28 cm), framed, $1700.00 Cdn.
Landscape & Memory #43 (Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks), 2009, mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 15 x 22 inches (38 x 56 cm), framed, $2200.00 Cdn.
Solstice Series, sold individually or in sets, contact the gallery for more information
Deacon Letters #9655 (diptych), 2017, mixed media on board, 15.75 x 31.5 inches (40 x 80 cm) overall, $3300.00 Cdn.
Solstice Series #4, 2007, oil on board, 15x15 inches (38x38 cm), $2100.00 Cdn.
Solstice Series #6, 2007, oil on board, 15x15 inches (38x38 cm), $2100.00 Cdn.
Memory #1, mixed media including encaustic and collage/ceramic tile, 11.75 x 11.75 inches (30 x 30 cm), $1650.00 Cdn.
Memory #3, mixed media including encaustic and collage/ceramic tile, 11.75 x 11.75 inches (30 x 30 cm), $1650.00 Cdn.
Site #135, mixed media on watercolour paper, 15 x 22.5 inches (38 x 57 cm), framed, $2200.00 Cdn.
Facing West and Looking East #319, mixed media on paper, 11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm), framed, $1500.00 Cdn.
Facing West and Looking East #320, mixed media on paper, 11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm), framed, $1500.00 Cdn.
Collage #22, ink and mixed media on paper, 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 41 cm), framed, $1600.00 Cdn.
Foothills #1, watercolour/paper, 9.5 x 13.5 inches (24 x 34 cm), framed, $1400.00 Cdn.
Foothills #2, watercolour/paper, 9.5 x 13.5 inches (24 x 34 cm), framed, $1400.00 Cdn.
Lake East Of Strathmore, Alberta, 1986, watercolour on paper, 15 x 22 inches (38 x 56 cm), $1900.00 Cdn.
Upper Kananaskis, watercolour on paper, 5.5 x 15 inches (14 x 38 cm), $1100.00 Cdn.
Sawtooth Ridge, watercolour/paper, 11 x 15 inches (28 x 38 cm), framed, $1700.00 Cdn.
West Of Banff, watercolour on paper, 11 x 15 inches (28 x 38 cm), framed, $1700.00 Cdn.
Kananaskis, watercolour/paper, 11 x 15 inches (28 x 38 cm), framed, $1700.00 Cdn.
Construction Of Ellipse #9, graphite on paper, 27 x 18 inches (68.5 x 45.5 cm), framed, $2500.00 Cdn.
Music Of The Spheres, 1980, etching on paper, 10 x 13 inches (25.5 x 33 cm), framed, $1350.00 Cdn.
The Prime Elements #859, mixed media including collage / watercolour paper, 4 x 22.5 inches (10 x 57 cm), sold.
Landscape & Memory #42, mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 11 x 15 inches (28 x 38 cm), sold.
The Prime Elements #593, mixed media including watercolor and collage/watercolour paper, 11 x 30 inches (28 x 76 cm), sold.
Facing West #163, c. 2006, mixed media on watercolour paper, 24 x 32 inches (61 x 81 cm), sold.
The Prime Elements #853, mixed media including collage / watercolour paper, 4 x 22.5 inches (10 x 57 cm), sold.
The Prime Elements #673, mixed media on birch panel, 30 x 60 inches (76 x 152.5 cm), sold.
The Prime Elements #677, mixed media on birch panel, 30 x 60 inches (76 x 152.5 cm), sold.
Three Points of a Compass, 2023, mixed media on six (six) birch panel, 152.5 x 356 cm, sold.
Facing East - Looking West-The Divide, mixed media on canvas, 48 x 108 inches (122 x 274.5 cm), exhibition frame, sold.
“Timeless and temporary become one and the same.”
“The interplay of signs, images and symbols, irreducible components that I name as “Prime Elements”, are the basis of my art. I regard the component elements, referencing geographic location, personal experience, memories, dreams, prime numbers, geometry, and primary colors etc., as “irreducible” and absolute. They are autobiographical and universal, specific, and general at the same time. Consequently, there is interplay between what could be termed “destiny” and “volition.” This is an intangible and mysterious relationship, subject to permutations that are impossible to predict. Using the Continental Divide west of Calgary as a symbolic and geographical metaphor, I reference locations on or near the 51st parallel to explore concepts relating to West/East division and North/South unity.
My first encounter with these Mountains of Mystery was in Banff (1975) after realizing that I had travelled west along the 51st parallel from London, England. Since that time the metaphorical significance has become more profound. Timeless and temporary become one and the same.”
Peter Deacon is a well-known Canadian artist and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. His work is represented in dozens of major public and corporate collections and numerous private collections.
Peter served as a faculty member at the University of Calgary in the Department of Art since 1975. He retired in 2015. The recipient of many honors, including the prestigious Prix De Rome, he was also, in 2004, a recipient of the Alan Blizzard Award, presented in Ottawa for cross-disciplinary innovations in higher education. This was the first time a faculty member from the University of Calgary received this award.
Born on the Isle of Wight, England, Peter graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Portsmouth College of Art, after which he attended the University of Wales where he received a Masters of Education. Later, Peter earned his Masters of Fine Arts Degree at the Slade School of Art, University of London. He was the recipient of a Prix de Rome award enabling him to live in Rome for two years from 1970-2. He was Artist in Residence at the University of Nottingham in England from 1973-5. Peter became a Canadian citizen in 1979 and resides in Calgary, Alberta.