Profile

I am an artist who loves making beautiful paintings.  I have been painting for over thirty years always working in a realist style.  I love to use vivid color and strong, dramatic lighting to highlight the subject I am painting.  Light and its effect on form preoccupies me as a painter. The way light flickers across a figure or opens up a space is the way I have applied paint to canvas. My involvement with painting the figure and its psychological narrative continues to this day. To me a psychological narrative is the conscious or subliminal message related to the viewer through the artist's arrangement and use of figures. I am interested in the psychological impact of light and shadow as well as color. Seventeenth century Dutch Master painting greatly affected my development as a painter. I manipulate light and am intrigued with deep space. This was inspired by Rembrandt’s use of light and space. Working drawings, important to Master works, are also crucial for mine. I stage most of my paintings to have the maximum amount of readings possible by viewers. I have often labeled these paintings psychodramas, due the level of psychological implications possible in the work.

My educational and artistic experiences in colleges and universities served to shape my pragmatic approach to art instruction. My teaching has always involved extensive use of art history and utilizes constant demonstrations of techniques and processes as courses progress. I believe students should not just have techniques merely explained, but specifically modeled for them. Then they can see how a technique is implemented, step by step. Too many of the instructors that taught when I went to art school, talked in generalities without giving specific information.  We live in an age of fragmented artistic standards. In contrast I have a firm commitment to demanding and expecting the best from my students. An instructor must be able to rephrase or clarify the nature of a project, due to the differences in individual learning styles. Then students with different experiences can understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of each project we address. I develop vocabulary and engage in critical dialogue which accelerates the growth of student work. I speak in specifics through individual and group critiques. This enhances students’ ability to analyze their own work and the work of other artists. Our interaction clarifies an individual artist’s work in the studio. This allows students to participate and engage in the world around them. 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

EDUCATION:

1983-85                   M.F.A.,    Queens College of the City University of New York

1985-87                   M.S. Ed., Queens College of the City University of New York

1974-78                   B.F.A.,     Rhode Island School of Design

                                                European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design

 

EXHIBITIONS:

  • 2013        Group Show, Nuance Gallery, Winsor, VT
  • 2012      Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester,NH
  • 2011          Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester,NH

  • 2010      Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

  • 2009     Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

  • 2008     Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

  • 2007     Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

  • 2006        Minumental Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
  • 2005        Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
  • 2005        Biennal Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
  • 2004        Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY – Group Show
  • 2004        Huntington Township Art League, Huntington, NY – Faculty Show
  • 2003        Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY – Group Show
  • 2003        Usdan Center for the Arts, Wheatley Heights, NY – Faculty Show
  • 2002        Usdan Center for the Arts, Wheatley Heights, NY – Faculty Show
  • 2001        Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY – Solo Exhibition
  • 2000        Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA – Solo Exhibition
  • 1999        Usdan Center for the Arts, Wheatley Heights, NY – Faculty Show
  • 1998        Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY – Faculty Show
  • 1997        Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY  - Solo Exhibition
  • 1996        Mark Humphrey Gallery, Southampton, NY – Group Show
  • 1995        Westchester Arts Workshop, White Plains, NY – “Interiors” Solo Exhibition
  • 1994        Wellesley Ross Gallery, New York, NY – Group Show
  • 1994        Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY – Two-Person Show
  • 1994        Hammer Gallery, New York, NY – Group Show
  • 1994        Georgia Council for the Arts, Savannah, GA – Individual Artist’s Grant Show
  • 1993        International Oasis Art Gallery, Savannah, GA – “Beyond the Figure” Group Show
  • 1993        Hilton Head Cultural Council, Hilton Head, SC – Solo Exhibition
  • 1992        Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA – Faculty Show
  • 1992        Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA – “Chroma” Group Show
  • 1991         Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA – Faculty Show
  • 1991         McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA – Solo Exhibition
  • 1990        Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA – Faculty Show
  • 1990        McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA – Group Show
  • 1989        Worldfest Exhibition, Atlanta, GA – Group Show
  • 1989        Savannah Art Association, Savannah, GA – “Arts on the River” Group Show
  • 1988        Queens Museum of the City of New York – Winter Group Show
  • 1987        Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD – Group Show
  • 1987        Gallery Cote, Rockville Center, NY – Group Show
  • 1986        Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY – Solo Exhibition
  • 1986        Wunsch Arts Center, Glen Cove, NY – “Under Thirty” Group Show
  • 1984        Gallery Cote, Rockville Center, NY – Group Show
  • 1983        Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY – Group Show
  • 1983        Gallery 84, New York, NY – Group Show
  • 1982        Zoma Gallery, New York, NY – Group Show
  • 1981         Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY – Group Show
  • 1981         Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY – “Sharon Sprung and Peter Clive”
  • 1978        “Rhode Island School of Design in Rome,” Rome, Italy – Group Show

 

REVIEWS/ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS

 

  • 2003        NEWSDAY, Long Island, NY: “Surrealism/Realism,” 4/20
  • 2001        NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY: “Peter Clive,” 5/24
  • 1998        NEWSDAY, “New Realists,” 7/20
  • 1995        NEW YORK TIMES: “Contemporary Realism,” 6/30
  • 1992        ISLAND SCENE MAGAZINE, Hilton Head, SC: feature article, winter issue
  • 1991        ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, GA:  review of McIntosh Gallery exhibition, 4/26
  • 1991        ART PAPERS, “New Perspectives,” Volume 15, No. 2, March/April, Pg. 58 (author of review)
  • 1989        ARTIFACTS, Savannah, GA:  feature article, winter/spring issue
  • 1987        NEWSDAY: “Peter Clive, The Outpost Artist,” cover and feature article, 6/1
  • 1986        NEW YORK TIMES: “Six Long Island Artists,” 2/2
  • 1983        NEWSDAY:  “Under Thirty,”  2/26
  • 1983        NEW YORK TIMES: “Aspects of Realism,” 5/29
  • 1983        NEWSDAY: “Portraits,” 12/6
  • 1981        NEWSDAY: “Sharon Sprung and Peter Clive,” 11/20
  • 1981        NEW YORK TIMES: “Artists Under Thirty,” 8/20
  • 1981        NEWSDAY ‘Artists under Thirty’  8/12

   

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 

 

2012-present      CONCORD COMMUNITY EDUCATION, Concord, NH

                             Instructor, Watercolor, Drawing, Acrylic Painting

 

2011-2014             NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE  OF ART, Painting Faculty, Teach Painting 1, Painting II,

                              Painting III (Figure Painting), Waterbased Media

 

 2009-2011             NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, Manchester, NH

                               Painting  Department  Chair:   Teach Painting 1, Painting II, Painting III, and Senior  Studio

 

2005-2008            NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, Manchester, NH

                               Foundations Department Chair:  Teach Drawing  1,Drawing II as well as

                               Administrate Foundations Department.

 

1999 –2005           HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, NY

                                Adjunct Professor:  painting, drawing I, drawing II

 

1997-1999               WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE/SUNY, Peekskill, NY

                                Professor:  painting, drawing II, 2-D design

 

1996-2005              ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND, Huntington, NY

                                Instructor:  painting, drawing (ages 15 through adult)

 

1996-2005              ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND, Huntington, NY

                                Instructor:  painting, drawing (ages 15 through adult)

 

1992-1997               NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Roslyn, NY

                                Instructor:  painting, drawing

 

1986-1991               SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Savannah Ga.

                  Professor, DEPT. CHAIR:  Taught all aspects of painting, drawing, foundations, sculpture,

                  color theory, watercolor; graduate level, (10 faculty members, 220 students).

 

 

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:

 

1995-1996               NASSAU COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE/SUNY, Garden City, NY

                                Adjunct Professor: painting, color theory, figure drawing

 

1993-present           USDAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Wheatley Heights, NY  (K-12 Summer Program)

(summers)               Instructor:  drawing, painting, sculpture, 3-D design

 

1993-1996               BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES, Suffolk County, NY

                                Artist in Residence: Conduct portrait painting demonstrations at area high schools