First Friday Art Walk – July 2024

Come check out our double feature exhibit showcasing the works of two talented local artists, Barbara Waterman-Peters and Larry Peters. Barbara will display work from her “My Women Series” and “Ship of Fools” series. Larry exhibiting petroglyphs inspired artwork and pieces from his Gorky Garden series.

Barbara Waterman-Peters

Barbara Waterman-Peters is primarily an oil painter, but often uses watercolor and other media as well. Over the years, she has explored many issues through the lens of a feminist, utilizing sources from mythology, literature, documentaries, and modern culture; thus inspiring her, “My Women Series” (MWS).

Also on display, will be her “Ship of Fools” Series, exploring the issue of how we are coping from our current time of upheaval, chaos and disunity. Whether we are ignoring the situation, denying it, or trying to take some kind of action, “we are all in the same boat.”

Barbara has received a Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Achievement from the State of Kansas, the Monroe Award from Washburn University and Distinguished Visual Artist Arty Award from ARTSConnect. She is also a published children’s book illustrator, a writer for Topeka and Kansas magazines, and has published multiple non-fiction pieces and poems.

Larry Peters

Over the years, Larry Peters, works mostly in two-dimensional art, which has been a mix of graphite, acrylic paint, oil pastel, Prismacolor pencils, and various papers. Pieces are sometimes on Masonite panels coated with gesso or on heavy watercolor or printing paper.

His artwork on display represents two of his recent series. One is the “Gorky Series”, which was inspired by the 1940’s well-known painter, Arshile Gorky. The second series was inspired by petroglyphs seen on canyon walls from his backpacking travels in Utah.

Larry has received the Kansas Governor’s Arts Award for Arts Advocacy, Washburn University “Alumni Fellow” recipient, Kansas Museums Association Distinguished Service Award, John Ritchie Award by the Washburn Alumni Association, and the Glenda Taylor Visual Arts Arty Award from ARTSConnect.

Artist Image Gallery