Peter Gumaer Ogden's Art

His hand made Valentine's Day heart bird for his grandfather, George Ogden, 1963. The heart motif has appeared as a motif in Peter's art throughout his career demonstrating the often subconscious persistence of visual imagery from early childhood in a human's memory.

"Purple and Green Butterfly." Circa 1965. Crayon on paper cut out. Again this motif appeared in many of Peter's subsequent works.

"Get Well Soon." 1967. Crayon and pencil on paper. 9" x 12". This was dedicated
to his father or grandfather who is depicted resting in a spare hospital bed with a huge
thermometer with glowing red bulb protruding from his mouth.

" Pinkster. " 1968. Crayon on paper. These wild relatives of the Azalea family bloomed
in the spring forests at Ogden Farm and in the woods around the Gumaer family com-
pound at Lake Guymard.

"Grandma & Grandpa Mooing Cow" with Tiger lilies envelope; circa 1970.
"Magic marker" and pen.

" Hand Colored Envelope I. " Colored markers. 1973. Mailed from the George School to Ogden Farm.

"Zambezi Forest." Colored marker and ballpoint pen. 1973. Cover for anthology of his illustrated poems, 1969-1973.

"Red Banner Castle." Illustrated letterhead. 1974. Ballpoint pen on paper. George School.

"The Sun Machine." 1976. Pen and ink and rapidograph on paper. Inspired by the David Bowie song "Memory of a Free Festival" from the "Space Oddity" album. Lyric's: "...and Peter tried to climb aboard but the captain shook his head and away they soared, climbing through the ivory vibrant cloud, someone passed some bliss among the crowd, and we walked back to the road unchained. The sun machine is coming down and we're gonna have a party, the sun machine is coming down and we're gonna have a party..."

" Gastonian Deja Vu. " 1976. Ink on paper. 8" x 10". Before posting this the artist had
seriously considered burning it because he felt it was too amateurish, but before following
through with the contemplated destruction he was assured that this piece had enough
redeemable droll naive imagery to warrant its preservation for posterity.

" For Grandma. " 1976. Pen and ink on paper..

"Pets." 1978. Pen and ink on paper. One of a limited edition of 300 "offset
printed" by the Prior King Press [?], Middletown, N.Y.

Please note that this blog is in the early construction phase: Jan. 2014.
The five works below are currently available as print on demand giclee at:
http://peter-gumaer-ogden.fineartamerica.com

"Simbari Sovietska." 1979. Rapidograph and colored pen on paper. Created during a time when there was great fear of an escalating nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union with many symbols reflecting Soviet power and the dragon beast of armageddon.

"The Christmas Tree House." 1981. The original was pen and ink on paper. It was issued as a very small private printing of postcards in 1981 which became one of the rarest Middletown postcards. The debate over proposed demolition of this house became the spark of the historic preservation movement in Middletown.

"Orthodox Kismet." Circa 2007, mixed media. Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
[Keywords: tikkun, beit shalom, sternichel, jerusalem, israel collage, kalman, brustuke, hirsh, yiddish, yiddish art, yiddish collage, yiddish culture, the holocaust, eisenstadt, shmuel, braude, elchonon, wasser, marienbad, kismet, hasid, hasdim, moshe, mordecai, knessiah, eliyahu, judaism, judaica, jew, israeli, zion art, zionist art, zionest collage, zionism art, eliezer, mitzvah, partovitz, mishkow, stars art, hebrew art, hebraic art, jewish art, jewish collage, hebrew collage, jewish poster, jewish holocaust art.]

"Nortenos, Surenos. !Viva Rufino Tamayo! !Simon!" Produced in Santa Fe,
New Mexico in 2007. Acrylic and ink on paper. "Nortenos, Surenos" and "!Simon!"
are references to Mexican gangster or narcotraficante culture.

" Time, Space and Memory." Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2007. Mixed media. Can you find the " inappropriate" [ as my sanctimonious cousin Ward Ogden would say ] phallus  in it? Can you find the monumental phallus in trickster Leonardo DaVinci's "Virgin of the Rocks'?

"Great Bliss." Acrylic and ink on paper. 2007. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

"Eternalism." Acrylic and ink on paper. 2007. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

"Crucifiction with Insect." Acrylic and ink on paper. 2007. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

" Birth and Death. " Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2007. Acrylic and ink on paper.

" Form, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations and Consciousness. " Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2007. Acrylic and ink on paper.

" When You Say the Right Exists You Have to Accept the Existence of the Left. " Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2007. Acrylic and ink on paper.

" Nirvana = Absolute Happiness. " Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2007.
Mixed media on paper.

 

"Lamps of Enlightenment." 2007. Made from over five hundred hand cut paper pieces.
Collage on canvas board. 8" x 10". 

  " Omen Birds. " 2008-2010. Acrylic and ink on canvas board. Original: 8" x 10". Produced when the   

 artist was living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Image is available for sale minus the copyright watermark or as

 a giclee print on demand at Fine Art America [ FAA search: "peter gumaer ogden " ]. Artist contact:  

 peterogden7x7@yahoo.com

" Absinthe and Ecstasy in Abu Dhabi. " 2008. Acrylic and ink on paper. Original: 3 5/8" x 5 7/16". Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

" La Fuerza de la Fe. " [ " The Power of Faith " ]. 2008-9. Acrylic and ink on paper.
Original: 4 3/16" x 5 15/16". Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

"Zengine." 2008-2010. Collage and mixed media on canvas board. 8" x 10". Produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Includes the faces of Suzuki Roshi, Roshi Joan Halifax, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nat Hanh, Pema Chodron and other contemporary, mostly American Buddhist leaders.

" Tribute to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. " 2010. Collage on canvas board. 10" x 8". Completed in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. We will upgrade this image as soon as we locate the
 original piece.