RECENT ARTICLES - EXCERPTS 'In the Periodic Chart, the elements of matter, such as hydrogen or oxygen, react to each other to produce certain formations found on earth and in space. Burega takes these designs in combination with terrain and dreams to create his paintings. Working from memory and dreams, he creates landscapes that capture the light hitting a leaf in Burega’s paintings.' Emotive Landscapes - Art Talk, Nov/Dec 2004 'He begins with landscapes, and then instinct and emotion take over – a visceral and daring process that leads to Abstract Expressionist oils on board . . . light remains the protagonist of his work, manifesting in Burega’s subconscious and ultimately beaming a in Burega’s paintings.' Palm Desert Magazine, Spring 2005 '. . . artist Peter Burega has established a signature style – tactile paintings whose surfaces comprise layers of oil, wax, and glazes and which smolder with raw energy. An ethereal radiance seems to emerge out of the churning voids of red, brown, and black in Burega’s paintings.' Into the Void - Southwest Art, October, 2005 'Burega’s mercurial nature and obsession with process turn out increasingly thoughtful and wildly expressive, and ultimately sophisticated pictures.' Process Makes Perfect - Art + Culture, Winter/Spring 2006 'Peter Burega’s powerful paintings are deep studies in color and geometry. They beautiful, but with a bruise here a scratch there, a scrape, a cut, a depth, a luminosity, an intensity, a look not only inn the way Burega’s brain views the world, but how he processes it.' Pictures of His Floating World – Devon Jackson, Focus Santa Fe, August 2008 'Ruins, angular structure, houses, churches and architectural layers combine with external environments. Internal presence of consciousness leads this interplay revealing the emotion, thought and insight below the surface.' Albuquerque Journal, Friday August 7, 2009 'His paintings are muted and lyrical, with a subtle grid-like quality – the result of hundreds of photographs of shadows and reflections . . .' Bright Waters Series – Santa Fean, August/September 2009 |
