A.Refuge

Kevin Peterson
Gender	Male
Age	29 years old - June 3rd, 1980
Location	San Diego, CA
Website	http://redhybridbeanie.arefuge.com
Add. Website	www.kevinpetersonart.com
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AIM	redhybridbeanie
Client List	Sony Playstation, SRH, Media Skateboards, Vision street wear,NASCAR, Whos your daddy® energy drinks, UFC, Laguna College of Art and Design, Impact Productions, Juxtapoz Magazine
Biography	Born in San Diego in 1980, like all artists, Kevin was influenced by his surroundings. The intricate finishing of Spanish architecture, lush California agriculture, Saturday morning cartoons, eccentric family members, attention to detail, and a healthy cynical attitude has always fueled his work. Early he amused himself by drawing from situations, positive or negative, to either diffuse or examine. Being naturally curious, and having a thirst for the abnormal, he began to read surrealist literature, and visiting museums. Kevin related to the ideas of revolt through art preached by the surrealists, and understood that most art movements were rebellions and reactions to social, political, and religious ideologies. Along with these ideals, he was very much attracted to the ritualistic and therapeutic side creating. After graduating from Laguna College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration he began to devote all of his time to oil painting. When asked to expand further upon what drives him, Kevin replied, "Working in illustration, I realized early that it forces you to become a problem-solver. After countless awkward positions and disappointments, I understood that I really had to relax and go with the flow of things to make them work. I hated using sketches and reference. I felt that they ruined the spontaneity of a painting, and provided a crutch that would be more or less, detrimental to my process of free association. I guess I kind of felt that it took away from the mystery and importance of my memories and the basic function of painting from my head. I feel that it is very important to exercise the basic function of memory and keep it sharp. The more and more I paint, the more my focus lies in the process itself, and the ripening of an idea through happy accidents and subconscious urges. I never know what a piece will look like until it's completed, which is the most exciting part of painting to me. More importantly, I believe that my job as an artist nowadays is to act like an antenna that receives and negates information, and basically providing commentary for my surroundings in my own unique voice."

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