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CURRENT EXHIBIT

FAVORITES EXTRA LARGE • SUMMER 2015 - 2016 EXHIBIT • PETER C FISHER GALLERY
Peter Fisher's Selection of Images for A New line of 40 x 60 Inch Prints • Handmade and Signed Limited Editions of 12 By Artist
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PORTFOLIOS

Favorites Extra Large • Summer 2015-2016 • Handmade & Signed Limited Editions
Madrona Point Insights • Orcas Idylls • Wildflowers • Island Elements
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Black & White • Still Life • Chalk is Cheap • Sk8 4ever • Iridescence
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Orcas Farms • Mexico: Light Travel
​• Norway: Family & Friends
San Juan Islands • Eastsound
​• Ferries • Norway
Photography • Map Reproductions
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ABOUT THE ARTIST


​Peter C Fisher

From about age three, (circa 1960) growing up in Arkansas, I remember knowing two things: I wanted to be an artist and I wanted to share my joy of playing in nature by making art. 
The Orcas I visited many summers as a kid included stays at North Beach Inn, running around Madrona Point, and visiting my grandparents, who moved to Grindstone Harbor in 1964.
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After 1976, my parents lived in Tokyo, Jakarta, and Brussels. I’d bring film and document my visits; my slide shows are visual stories of where I have been and what seen.

​After enjoying a childhood trip to Norway in 1968, I went to school at Hallingdal Folkehugskole in 1977-8. I learned Norwegian, met my cousins, made new friends. I loved the slow pace of life, the skiing, and the culture.

The most extraordinary experience I had overseas was working in Kashmir, New Dehli, and Rajpur for indian scholar Gopi Krishna. One day, shopping for dish scrubbers, I found these.

Why am I an artist? To celebrate and honor my love for the beauty in nature. When I feel my heart connect to the spirit of a rock, or see the life force in a blade of grass, then I create art to give thanks for the gift of mystical experience.

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ART & COMMUNITY

How Does Art Work in Your Life?

Einstein said that everything in the universe is connected. If matter and energy are different forms of the same thing, then could “beauty” be a function of matter in a sublime state and might “spirit” be a tentative label for the mysterious forces connecting us to our surroundings? Whenever someone encounters a pleasurable state of awareness in ecstatic contemplation of beloved art work or a revered vista, their well being is enhanced by the experience.
​Experiencing art and nature can open hearts and move people to action. 
How does art work in your life to make it better?

Using Art to Benefit Community
In 1984 Madrona Point, a peninsula once a burial site for the Lummi people, was planned for development into a residential enclave. After reading the news I went with my camera to begin documenting this prominent and scenic asset, endowed with significant local history and fragile nature, before its impending demise.
While researching potential methods for purchasing Madrona Point from the developers, I noticed an article reprinted from the 3.27.1985 Wall Street Journal in our local Journal of the San Juans. It described an unusually effective planning process used to create a local funding source for open space preservation.
My home, Orcas Island, has a tourist and retirement based economy where few working residents can afford to purchase a home. In 1989 a group of us created the non-profit OPAL (Of People and Land) Community Land Trust that builds homes permanently affordable to buy or rent for those with island incomes. 
Peter C Fisher Gallery