LIMITED EDITION PUZZLE IN A PREMIUM BOX + ARTPRINT IN A TUBE
The painting captures a trio of friends, with cocktails in hand and wearing colorful patterns with glitter. The medley of candy colors and the bubble shaped heads with overlapping, transparent effects are trademarks of Peter's artistic vocabulary.
Read morePeter McDonald is an artist who lives and works in London and Tokyo. He depicts everyday encounters and events with light, bright colors and a sense of humor. People engaged in diverse activities reflect the contemporary world of work and leisure. His figures are inspired by real-life situations. People reading books, having conversations or dreaming appear in his work. Inflated bubble heads in different shapes and colors, with overlapping, transparent effects are trademarks of Peter’s artistic vocabulary.
“It was a breakthrough for me when I started experimenting with a visual language where heads overlap and the see-through colors of different heads merge. It’s a visual language that signifies the connection and communications between minds,” he says.
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Below you will find frequently asked questions about Peter McDonald’s puzzle Friends. More general questions and answers can be found by clicking here.
No, we only produce 250 puzzles and art prints.
In dialogue with the artists, we decide on both number and price. There is no ambition for it to be the same as previously launched editions. Both price and quantity will thus differ from edition to edition.
Yes, both the puzzle box and the art print are numbered (73/250, 74/250, etc.).
We print the art print on a high-quality and multi-certified 240 gram paper called MultiDesign Natural.
We produce the art print in Borås, Sweden, together with a well-established printing company with a strong focus on quality.
Puzzle making is a craft that requires a great deal of knowledge and experience. To achieve the quality we strive for, we collaborate with two production units in China and one in Borås, Sweden.
The original of the unique artwork Friends is owned and controlled by us, The Puzl Sweden AB.
We advise you to visit Peters agent, www.katemacgarry.com.
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Location: London & Tokyo
Work: Artist
Gallery: katemacgarry.com
Instagram: @peter_mcdonald_
Photo: angus-mill.com
Peter adapts his source imagery into small sketches, which are in turn developed into painted works on paper, before being further refined when translated onto canvas. He works primarily with a Japanese acrylic gouache that has a chalky, matte finish.
We asked Peter how he feels about the fact that people will spend hours putting the pieces of the Friends puzzle together.
“The more you look, the more you see. When I’m looking at any painting I find that the longer I look, the more details I see and the more insights I might have. And if I look at the same painting again, maybe my perspectives have changed, and somehow what I see changes. It will be extra interesting to see what people find in the Friends composition when they are that close and concentrate that much on it. I think it’s fantastic.”
Peter tells us, “It was a strange moment in time when we were told we couldn’t go out, meet people, have drinks and conversations. I did a lot of paintings of people with very colorful cocktails – like magic concoctions – and dressed in rich and colorful outfits painted with acrylic gouache, metallic paint and glitter paint.”
With every purchase of our Limited Editions, The PUZL donates part of the proceeds to a charity that is close to the artist’s heart. Peter McDonald has chosen to focus on helping vulnerable children and contribute to the need for well-functioning schools. The organization that we have chosen to support together is Unicef. This fantastic organisation works in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere. Across more than 190 countries and territories, they do whatever it takes to help children survive, thrive and fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. With a donation of 100 SEK per sold product we can help in efforts to shape a better world.
Peter McDonald was born in Tokyo in 1973. He studied at Central Saint Martins School and graduated from the Royal Academy Schools in 2000. In 2008 he was awarded the John Moores Painting Prize. Recent exhibitions include Visitor, a year-long exhibition and residency at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in Japan and Winnebago, Carpets, Onsen, Potter at the Daiwa Foundation, London. In 2011 his work was included in Travelling Light, works from the Government Art Collection selected by Simon Schama at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.
Peter McDonald is represented by the renowned gallery Kate MacGarry in London, UK