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~BjFields:iconBjFields:
Hey Denis, I'm a huge fan of your work! God Bless you!
Wed Jul 20, 2011, 2:30 PM
~rinodino:iconrinodino:
AWESOME ART AT DENIS-PETERSON.DEVIANTART.COM!!!!
Sun Feb 13, 2011, 2:20 PM
~unImago:iconunImago:
what are shoutboxes for? they're just random
Sat Apr 24, 2010, 11:17 AM
`Gwendolyn12:iconGwendolyn12:
Hi there!:heart:
Thu Feb 4, 2010, 1:40 PM
*Mag1cWind0w:iconMag1cWind0w:
Your gallery is simply amazing! Keep well! : )
Sat Jan 23, 2010, 8:03 PM
~starcrossed-lover:iconstarcrossed-lover:
Hullo. <3
Sat Jan 23, 2010, 4:46 PM
~thomasms:iconthomasms:
This guy is amazing!
Sat Jan 23, 2010, 8:37 AM
~HyperrealNemo:iconHyperrealNemo:
whats the free offer i want it!!! :)
Fri Jan 15, 2010, 10:14 AM
=mustafa3:iconmustafa3:
wonderful gallery my dear :aww:
Fri Dec 11, 2009, 2:13 AM
`Denis-Peterson:iconDenis-Peterson:
:sleep:
Thu Oct 29, 2009, 4:38 PM
*just-joking:iconjust-joking:
whoah, ur right, sir, it's 2009!!! everybody's sleeping :hug:
Wed Oct 28, 2009, 2:59 PM
`Denis-Peterson:iconDenis-Peterson:
hey what year is this?
Wed Oct 7, 2009, 6:12 PM
*just-joking:iconjust-joking:
you're the best, Sir :w00t:
Fri Oct 31, 2008, 6:58 PM
`Denis-Peterson:iconDenis-Peterson:
journals come and go around here...whoosh!
Tue Sep 30, 2008, 6:41 AM
~zvil:iconzvil:
u deleted ur past Journal @@? i wanna find the one about me <:(
Mon Sep 29, 2008, 10:09 AM
~NotTheRedBaron:iconNotTheRedBaron:
Hey Denis - I got your message from the 15th... come to look at the journals and there are none...? I missed something didn't I?
Fri Sep 19, 2008, 6:05 PM
`Denis-Peterson:iconDenis-Peterson:
just come to nyc, it costs me less for you to fly than me!
Tue Jul 29, 2008, 10:57 AM
~Simzzzz:iconSimzzzz:
bonjour M. peterson, espérez vous voir au Louvre
Wed May 21, 2008, 5:01 AM
~chilipeppersfan92:iconchilipeppersfan92:
:boogie: :boogie: :boogie:
Sun Apr 13, 2008, 9:24 AM
~EuroFoxx:iconEuroFoxx:
Castle of Awesomeness anyone?
Sat Apr 12, 2008, 12:21 PM
Nobody

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I have been recently published in two art history textbooks...

Cave Painting to Street Art/Rizzoli International Publishing [link]
576 pages/Hyperrealism chapter covers my work and highlights an extensive critical analysis of Dust to Dust [link] signifying it as a key event on an Art History Timeline


ART: The Whole Story/Thames and Hudson Publishing [link]
Chapter on Hyperrealism concentrates on my homeless and genocide paintings
Also writings on Gottfried Helnwein and Ron Mueck's works


And also appear in current issue of an airbrush magazine...

Airbrush Step by Step Magazine [link]
Five page illustrated interview ~ Hyperrealism by Denis Peterson in the January 2012 English Print Issue

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:iconnanou-2:
Took me a good few minutes of reading comments and looking around to actually believe your work was painted and not a photograph! I'm still rather shocked.

Your talent is certainly out of this world.
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`nimra Apr 17, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
I had the great pleasure to be in an exhibit and opening this weekend in NY with Denis, i must say his work is more impressive in person it’s just beautify rendered. Hyperrealism is one thing but to keep the soul, lushness and amazing surface quality is his genius. I have always held that photorealism is a tricky thing for most of it when seen seen in person it losses life, not in Denis’s case he adds it with gusto, I am very proud to be on the same wall with this man.

On a side note, he is also a great guy, we had a ball after the opening, thank you Denis for our work and your benevolences

Armin Mersmann

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I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times -
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Ian Anderson

My Website:
www.arminmersmann.com
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:icondenis-peterson:
Thanks Armin, was and is my pleasure. Always great seeing your work straight up, unlike so many others, I can stand and stare at it for hours... it really added a special depth of character to the show. Felt a deep loss when your piece left the gallery with a buyer after only an hour up on the wall!!!

And man, I could have hung out with you all week! I had a blast, and so did everyone who came, glad we hit the bar right afterwards ... Btw, buyers told me they are thrilled to see you eye to eye everyday!
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`nimra Apr 20, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
thanks Denis, i feeling there will be a quite a few more beers in the future!


buy the way i would love to draw your eye, so after the show when i come to NY could we set up a shoot, if you’re in agreement? This would be very special the “eye” that sees hyperrealism dawn in hyperrealism, damn might cause some kind of “butterfly effect”
Armin

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I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times -
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Ian Anderson

My Website:
www.arminmersmann.com
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:icondenis-peterson:
hey Armin sure thing, sounds like a bit of fun - and quite interesting, too!
Denis
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:iconakiyama:
Would you consider making a video about the process and materials you use for acrylics? It's virtually impossible to find realistic portraits in acrylics so I can't believe how you can do it like a photograph...
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:icondenis-peterson:
Its more of a time/effort thing, but certainly worth considering, thanks ..
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:iconzvil:
~zvil Jan 19, 2012  Professional General Artist
sir , when should we ccould see ur new works ?

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羅卓睿© Michael Andrew Law 2009
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:icondenis-peterson:
A few to go up soon... thanks!
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:iconnimra:
`nimra Jan 19, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Denis I would just like you to know that I cannot make it to the opening tomorrow, I had planned to make it but the weather and the 14 hour drive just made that a bit unreal. If you do go, let me know how it went, I just wish I didn’t live this far in the sticks

Take care my friend

Armin

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I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times -
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Ian Anderson

My Website:
www.arminmersmann.com
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:icondenis-peterson:
Oh too bad, Armin... funny, your humorous grandfather reference actually led me to deciding to go, hoping to see you there! But I fully understand, what with the lousy weather and extraordinary long drive - I won't have either to contend with.

I will pass along your regards and hope we can make it real sometime soon.

Best
Denis
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`nimra Jan 20, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
thanks Denis, damn i wish i could of made it but have a great time my friend~

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I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times -
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Ian Anderson

My Website:
www.arminmersmann.com
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*dragonflymagic Jan 13, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Have you ever done a painting of yourself doing a painting of yourself doing a painting of yourself doing a......

:D

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. ~Dirk Gently, "The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul"
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:icondenis-peterson:
If I were to do that, you would find me drinking hot coffee though a straw....
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:iconsuzanne93:
Hello Denis,
I am currently writing an essay for school on how Popart still influences today's artists, and I coincidentally found you here. Would you mind answering some questions?
I would really like to know if certain aspects of Popart have influenced your work, and what other movements have inspired you?
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:icondenis-peterson:
Hi Suzanne,
Great questions! And sure, just email them to me at info@denispeterson.com
Denis
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:iconsuzanne93:
Ok thank you very much! I've sent you my questions.
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:icondenis-peterson:
You should have it, sent it back by email
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Mood: Helpful ~oneEdge Dec 24, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Hey Denis hope ur well..I read this whole article on you before ([link]) some time ago and then came back and re-read the section where it says you make your own paints and not the commercial paints. If you dont mind sharing what paint you use and what reducers you use to thin your paints. As i am new to airbrushing and will be experimenting - i dont want to spend big bucks on commercial paints. And at the same time im worried that making my own paint is gonna keep clogging up the nozzle of my airbrush..Any help would be great..sorry to rabble on :)

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Smile - A curve that sets a lot of things straight.
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:icondenis-peterson:
At the time, I used good quality commercial grade polyvinyls with varied combinations of acrylic based resins, silica gels and mediums .. filtering heavy mixtures through silk. It required using wide needle single action brushes and putting up with moderate nozzle clogging. It was a time of radical experimentation and no roadmap so to speak .. I have since resorted to somewhat conventional paints and mediums, combining them in layers with the more persnickety double action brushes. The same thing can be accomplished in any number of ways with different paints and mediums, depending on the ground used and the surface desired.
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