about the artist :
Peter Hoffer

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.

Printemps Montréal / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
unique artwork
4,120 US$
1797
Arbre blanc / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
40 x 40 in (102 x 102 cm)
unique artwork
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1123
Arbre vert / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
40 x 40 in (102 x 102 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
1214
Arbre orange / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
40 x 40 in (102 x 102 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
1255
Arbre rose 3 / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
40 x 40 in (102 x 102 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
1177
Arbre rose 1 / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
40 x 40 in (102 x 102 cm)
unique artwork
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1519
Arbre rose 2 / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
40 x 40 in (102 x 102 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
1141
Untitled / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic, oil and resin on board
70.8 x 37.4 in (180 x 95 cm)
unique artwork
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2845
Temple / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic, oil and resin on board
12 x 48 in (31 x 122 cm)
unique artwork
4,120 US$
2692
Rose / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic, oil and resin on board
16 x 40 in (41 x 102 cm)
unique artwork
4,690 US$
2923
Young Manila Singer Island / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic, oil and resin on board
71 x 36 in (182 x 92 cm)
unique artwork
10,660 US$
3173
Lindon / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic, oil and resin on board
37 x 24 in (93 x 60 cm)
unique artwork
5,120 US$
2633
Pine / Peter Hoffer
Acrylic and epoxy on board
72 x 36 in (183 x 91 cm)
unique artwork
10,660 US$
3852