The Evolution of SLICE Exhibit

The Studios of Cocoa Beach, 159 Minutemen Causeway in downtown Cocoa Beach, welcomes back artist Pete Steenland from Daytona Beach in a solo exhibition “The Evolution of SLICE and Other Work”

The exhibit will be on view from February 28 to April 2, 2023.

This exhibit features a painting called SLICE. It evolved through four phases as the painting reveals the image of a dolphin, much like the layers seen as you slice into an agate. SLICE, Phase 4 The Final Phase has beneath its surface the remnants of all previous phases and at Studios of Cocoa Beach,  we’ll include a replica of each phase with explanation for the changes made.

Pete loves the underwater world and has an acute appreciation for the intricacy within all living things. Since early childhood he is inspired by intense beauty even in the smallest plants including weeds and marine diatoms, on into the beauty of the greatest of subjects.

Pete’s college education focused on Art and Marine Science  with special focus on Scientific Illustration of marine and aquatic organisms. He spent thirty-two years working on the seas as a licensed Merchant Marine Captain and as a Master of Vessels . Now he is fully focused on his vocation as an artist. His works are not limited to marine life, but the tropics prevail in all his paintings with underlying qualities of precision and grace.

Pete says, “All the Arts are about expression. The purpose of my artwork is to express beauty in its various ways through the unlimited, worldwide languages of visual form, color, line and contrast.” His work is created by using any combination of watercolor, gesso, oils, acrylics, Conti-crayon, India ink or other acrylic inks, cold water dye, and sometimes wood stain, crayons and oil pastels. He may even add scraps of plastic and other waste materials, and bling from broken jewelry, metal and glass.

The Studios of Cocoa Beach is open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm and 10am  to 3pm on Sundays. For more information on the Studio artists, and classes offered visit www.studiosofcocoabeach.org or follow them on Facebook and Instagram.