"Everything I do is directly from nature, but I re-orchestrate.”

Peter Fiore's landscape paintings focus on the everyday beauty that most take for granted. Whether it is a sliver of sunlight across a winter field, or the solitude of a lone boat at the end of the season, Fiore says "I'm interested in making the simple profound". His favorite subject matter is the winter landscape, "a time when the earth looses its leafy covering and reveals it's true self. Covered in snow, the world reflects light and creates a spectrum of colors that are both dramatic and beautiful". His true subject is light and how it defines and endlessly changes the landscape around us.
Fiore has been painting and exhibiting his work for almost 30 years. He studied at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League. He has illustrated thousands of projects and collaborated on more than 20 children's books. He has received over 75 distinguished awards including a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators where he was president from 1993 to 1995. He is included in The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 by Walt Reed where he was featured for his contribution in excellence to American illustration. He’s been on the faculty at Pratt Institute, Syracuse University and presently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He has given numerous guest lectures and workshops on painting. Fiore's landscape paintings are widely collected. While he draws his inspiration from many places, he lives and works along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.

Artist's Statement
”It is the play of light and shadow that allows us to perceive an object's shape and size. But for me, light is more than a visual tool, it is an emotional subject. It is through the manipulation of light - how it falls, changes, sculpts, colors and creates various moods on a subject - that intrigues and inspires me.”

 Education
Pratt Institute -- 1973-77
Art Student's League -- 1978

Solo Exhibitions
Travis Gallery, New Hope PA -- 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood NJ -- 2008, 2006
Works Gallery, New York NY -- 2008, 2006
Brazier Fine Art, Richmond VA -- 2007, 2003
Woodsum Gallery, Warner NH -- 2007, 2003
River Gallery, Narrowsburg NY -- 2007
Old Barracks Museum, Trenton NJ -- 2006-05
Greenwich Workshop Gallery, Fairfield CT -- 2005, 2003, 2002
The Artery, Milford PA -- 2005
George Washington's Mt. Vernon Estate -- 2004
Port Of Call Gallery, Warwick NY -- 2003
Sherman Library, Sherman CT -- 2002
Selected Group Exhibitions
Travis Gallery, New Hope PA -- 2009-04
Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood NJ -- 2009-04
Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich CT -- 2009-08
The Banks Gallery, New London NH -- 2009-08
The Miller Gallery, Cincinnati OH -- 2009
Brazier Fine Art, Richmond VA -- 2008-02
Woodsum Gallery, Warner NH -- 2008-03
Peter McPhee Fine Arts, Stone Harbor NJ -- 2007-06
Greenwich Workshop, Fairfield CT -- 2007-02
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans MA -- 2006
Jake Dent Gallery, Palm Desert CA -- 2006-05
American Artists Professional League, NY NY, 77th Grand National Exhibition -- 2005
Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA, Spring Invitational -- 2005
The Artery, Milford PA -- 2005-04
Art Attack Gallery, Incline Village NV -- 2005-03
Port of Call Gallery, Warwick NY -- 2005-03
Concord Art Association, 5th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition -- 2004
The Society of Illustrators, Annual Exhibition -- 2002-01, 1999-96, 1994-88, 1986-85, 1983-76
New Jersey DESI Show -- 1998-97, 1995-92, 1990-88, 1985-83
United States Air Force Art Show -- 1997-98, 1987-95
The Society of Illustrators, The Original Art Show -- 2004, 1997, 1994
General Electric Traveling Show -- 1996
The Norman Rockwell Museum -- 1995
The Society of Illustrators, Members Gallery Show -- 1993, 1991, 1989, 1987
The Baseball Hall of Fame -- 1993
Pratt Members Show, The Society of Illustrators -- 1992, 1988
Pratt Faculty Show, Pratt Institute -- 1984-1980
Selected Private Collections
Mary Meyer and Robert Spragg, New York NY
Pam and Mel Shaftel, New York NY
Stu & Ginni Peltz, Radnor PA
Susan & Paul Campion, Rye NY
Allison and Henry Wilson, New York NY
Margaret and William Bozard, Richmond VA
Doris and David May, New York NY
Ann Ryan, Winchester MA
AnnMari and Regis Shannahan, New York NY
Rick Rinaldi and Jaime Arroyo, San Diego CA
Cynthia Harrison, Richmond VA
Susan and James Howard, Virginia Beach VA
Roxanne and Britt Viser, Virginia Beach VA
Ann & Anthony Ryan, Winchester MA
Nancy & Michael Sargent, Fairfield CT
Neal & Barbara Fulton, Wayne PA
Pat & Hugh Montgomery, Fairfield CT
Scott Wolfe, Fairfield CT
Tim Debaney, Ridgefield CT
Garrett Waddell, Fairfield CT

Selected Corporate Collections
American Express, Imperial Bank of Canada, Geigy Pharmaceuticals, Eddie Bauer Corporation, National Geographic, U.S. Olympic Committee, Price Waterhouse, Scott Warner Paper, Union Carbide, Phillip Morris, Pepsi-Cola International, Canon Cameras, United Airlines, International Paper Co., Citibank, Ralph Lauren, Union Pacific Corp., Reader’s Digest, Ogilvy & Mather, Bill Blass, MacMillan Press, N.W. Ayer, Time-Life Books, Young & Rubican, Time Inc., Meredith, McGraw-Hill, Texaco, AT&T, Nikon, 3M, Kodak, CBS, PanAm, Exxon, NBC, Xerox, TWA, ABC, AC&R, IBM
Teaching Positions
School of Visual Arts, 1992-Present
Syracuse University, MFA Program, 1988-92, 1994, 1997
Syracuse University, BFA Program, 1985-91
University of Delaware, 1990-91
Pratt Institute, 1979-88
Guest Lectures/Workshop Demonstrations
Mystic Mountain Art Workshops, 2009-08
Brazier Studio Workshop, 2007
Ridgewood NJ Public Schools, 2005-06
Fashion Institute of Technology, 1986-97, 1999, 2001-03
Syracuse University, 1985-95
Rutgers University, 1988, 1991, 1993
School of Visual Arts, 1985-87, 1990-91
Pratt Institute, 1980-85, 1987-96

Awards
The Artist's Magazine Annual Competition -- First Place Landscape, 2007
The Artist's Magazine Annual Competition -- Honorable MentionLandscape, 2006
The Artist's Magazine Annual Competition -- Finalist Landscape, 2008, 2009
International ARC Salon Competition -- Landscape Honorabled Mention, 2008
International ARC Salon Competition -- Landscape Finalist, 2006, 2007, 2008
AAPL, 77th Grand National Exhibition -- Alden Bryan Award for Landscape, 2005
Bibliography
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Linda Price. “Freely Interpreting Nature.” American Artist. May 2008.
Peter Trippi. “Artists Making Their Mark: Three to Watch.” Fine Art Connoisseur. July/August 2007.
Michael Kruse. “Peter's World.” Orange Magazine. Winter 2007.
John O'Hern. “Art Consultant: Remains of the Day.” American Art Collector. December 2007.
Christine Roberts. “Peter Fiore: Driven to Paint.” Our House Magazine. Winter 2007.
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