Friday, October 24, 2008

The Mark E Peterson Collection of Pa's Art

We have so many of Evan's paintings. We have photographed all of those he signed. There are several at the Ivins home in St George UT that we will photograph when we are there for Thanksgiving. Also a few are in our daughters' homes. We will get thoses when we are in Utah next week. We have also been asked to photograph all that we have that are not signed and not finished. We are working on that part of the project. The first group are those that are not mounted and many that you may not remember. The last group are those many of you are familiar with.

THESE PAINTINGS ARE ALL LOOSE CANVASS PIECES. All are signed but need to be mounted and framed. Some of our favorites are included in this group.


Italian Countryside painted on painter's board.

Painted 1967


Painted 1951


Uncle Burke believes this may be Big Rock Candy Mountain in Southern Utah. We love the colors.


Painted 1951

Oregon Coast


Scipio Utah, 24 July, Boxing Match


A GROUP OF STILLS PAINTED IN 1951

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More Unmounted Pieces:
Painted 1951



Painted 1951



No information on this one.



Uncle Burke said it looks like Red Mtn, they always called it Granite Reef.



Painted in 1967 - Uncle Burke said this is a home in Scipio, built by Grandpa Isaac and Grandpa Antone Peterson - they stayed with them many years while Papa sweltered in the hot Phoenix summers.


Painted in 1951


Painted in 1976


Trip to Tiajuana, Mexico "paper houses"


Now, some paintings you are more familiar with:

Old LDS Church in Southern Utah. This was one of Nora's favorites. She loved the hollyhock in the foreground.



Evan asked me to name a place in Europe I loved. I requested a painting of the Black Forest in Germany. He presented me with a duo.


The second in the duo of Germany and the Black Forest.



Mark and Steven as young boys.



Arizona desert.



Graduation painting for Natalie, Picacho Peak we think.



Red Mountain from irrigation ditch at Val Vista. Evan and Gail liked to sit there in the sun; close to their Mesa home. Evan loved Red Mountain and its changing shades.



View of Mt Timpanogos from Evan's BYU office.



Evan asked us to choose a painting we loved for him to copy. Mark asked for this Caillebotte, Paris Street, Rainy Day, painting hanging in the Art Institute of Chicago. While we lived in Chicago for five years we frequented this wonderful museum of art.



This is a Utah valley ranch, somewhere north and west of Point of the Mountain. More info to follow.



Shooting trip w/dad and brothers, Evan loved this one. He is not in the painting as he was the photographer.



Arizona Superstition Mountain, always facinating to Evan.



East/West Berlin Orthodox Church. Evan gave a lecture in East Berlin on this trip.



Joe's Valley in Southcentral Utah.




3 comments:

Michael said...

Love the Joe's Valley picture. Had never seen it, but my mom, dad, brothers and I lived in Joe's Valley in the summer of 1963. Dad built a road around Joe's Valley so you could still get to Ephriam after the damn was built, flooding the valley.

Michael

Michael said...

The third picture from the top painted in 1951 is, I think, the old Ironton Mill that used to be between Springville and Provo, just north of the W. W. Clyde & Co. North yard. I climbed over and through those old buildings before it was torn down in the late 60s.

Anonymous said...

I don't know you but I think your pictures are lovely :)