Peter Konsterlie
Primary Medium: Mixed media
Peter Konsterlie Studio
Artist Statement
Medical Systems, a component of American Medical Series, is a statement to a loved one's medical treatment and illness. Though not sentimental, it is an illustration of emotions through anatomical paintings. The illustrations were a beautiful source, and a great opportunity to let the details and the subtleties speak.
Technically, I was reducing my way of painting by using more line and pattern. Lines have always been a very important element in my work. The black markers brought out a diagram quality in the work. The hand written medical terms and directional lines became as much of the composition as the subject matter. A visual aid that is ironic because they're mostly unreadable and only health care professionals would be able to decipher their meaning.
Peter Konsterlie Studio
Artist Statement
Medical Systems, a component of American Medical Series, is a statement to a loved one's medical treatment and illness. Though not sentimental, it is an illustration of emotions through anatomical paintings. The illustrations were a beautiful source, and a great opportunity to let the details and the subtleties speak.
Technically, I was reducing my way of painting by using more line and pattern. Lines have always been a very important element in my work. The black markers brought out a diagram quality in the work. The hand written medical terms and directional lines became as much of the composition as the subject matter. A visual aid that is ironic because they're mostly unreadable and only health care professionals would be able to decipher their meaning.
Selected Works
|  Ahhhh - 2008 - Mixed media - 18" x 24"  Eye Ball Kid - 2008 - Mixed media - 18 x 24"  Green-Time (Sink'em to The Bottom) - 2009 - Mixed media - 30 x 40"  10 Little Indians - 2009 - Mixed media - 24 x 24"  New Kitchen - 2009 - Mixed media - 30 x 40"  Thinking of Thought - 2008 - Mixed media - 18 x 24"  Window - 2008 - Mixed media - 24 x 24"  Thrust - 2008 - Mixed media - 24 x 24"  Full Frontal - 2008 - Mixed media - 18 x 24"  Blackhole Sun - 2009 - Mixed media - 24 x 24" |
Artist Bio
Peter Konsterlie, who was born and raised in Edina, Minnesota, credits a single painting class with deciding his artistic direction. He earned a BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. His works are featured in numerous public collections including the Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, and on the ABC news program 20/20 with John Stossel. His work has been seen at venues such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Aldrich Contemporary Museum, Carnegie Mellon, Washington D.C. , Westport Art Center, Sarah Bowen Gallery in Williamsberg, NY, Housatonic Museum, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, and most recently at the The Drawing Center Viewing Program in New York.