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Peter Dykhuis
Peter Dykhuis
Title: Peter and Jayne’s P.E.I. Commemorative Plate, 2012
Artist: Peter Dykhuis
Image size: 8” in diameter
Size: 10 1/4” in diameter by 3/4” deep
Description: Mixed media including watercolor, pencil, and crayon on personal notes. . The work features collaged layers of paper-based ephemera - in this case, grocery lists, which are over-painted with a silver outline map of Prince Edward Island. The pieces of paper are assembled and fixed with an adhesive on a Browne Foodservice PALM white porcelain dinner plate. Signed in black marker by artist on the reverse of plate. The piece is one of several created by a collection of artists in support of a fund-raising project for the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown in 2012.
Peter Dykhuis was born in London, Ontario, attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, worked in Toronto until 1991 before relocating to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he continues to live and practice. Dykhuis has exhibited in numerous artist-run centres and public galleries throughout Canada. Internationally, he has participated in group shows across the United States as well as in London and Vienna and has mounted solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Sydney and New York City.
Source: dykhuis.ca