Peyton Higgison Art for Sale at Auction

Technically my works are more drawing than painting being primarily created using oil pastels. I finish the works with a thin layer of oil paint using my own developed technique. Not only does this bring out many of the hidden colors and textures but it also helps to protect the works as oil pastels are fairly delicate. All the finished works are also varnished using a very fine UV protection spray varnish. The result is a stable hard surface. (However the works are still oil and as they do not have a glass covering should still be handled carefully.)

For more about me go to 'about'. To view available paintings go to 'View art'. For show schedule go to 'Shows'.

How do I describe my work? It has gone through so many changes through the years that it's hard to know where to start. My influences have included such disparate artists as Herbert Bayer, MC Escher, P. Picasso, Wolf Kahn and Richard Diebenkorn. And of course, my Mother, well known artist Merle Izard (one of the finest draftsmen I have ever known!) who first taught me the art of drawing and mixing paints. After almost 40 years creating images, it's difficult to pinpoint the inspirations, but the sky on a wind torn day, or a passage of music might be all I need to inspire a piece. My medium--oil pastel, the most saturated and creamiest I can find, mixed with transparent oils and sometimes the crazy touch of collage- has led me into images I would never have thought of. This medium has been a leader as well as a tool. Many a 'mistake' has led me to new discoveries and thus richer images.

For all my paintings I use only the finest oil paints and oil pastels. All works are matted and framed using archival materials.

My newest and (for me) most exciting works are my landscapes. I started my career as an abstract painter and printmaker and it has been a ton of fun bringing some of that back into my Far Side of the World series. If one were to see hints of Richard Diebenkorn’s works one would not be too far off the mark. Insprired by my years as a pilot and also by my drives through the midwest on the way to shows I hope to evoke a sence of lonliness and beauty in a stark landscape and a vast sky. I'm also starting to work on some very cool fish paintings. Those that have followed my path may remember some of my fish painting of around 10 or 15 years ago. Well these are similar yet, I think, even more interesting.

Every show I'm asked what my inspiration is for my Wild Women paintings. As corny as it may sound it is just as it sounds... I've been inspired by all the wild women I've known. I married the wildest.... I hope to share with others the "wild" nature of women the world over.