About Peter Koval

In my artwork, I try to execute a compelling visual element that contains qualities of mystery, beauty, and narrative within 'contextual abstraction'. I try to do this by repeatedly finding edges and lines, going over what's been created so the past process shows through and is embedded in the surface. I appreciate but also dislike perfection, and I rarely erase lines. To me, the process and struggle are as important as the result. 

I like to work in analog mediums such as oil, watercolor, ink, graphite, and charcoal. Most of my works are done on rag paper, wood board, porcelain, canvas or other substrates. Like a Buddhist Sand Mandala, my work is often temporary, whereas I try to photographically capture the medium in the process of transformation, as often times happens when liquids are introduced with a chemical process and the only record of this is the photograph I have taken - inevitably it becomes a type of performance art.