peter jansen

Peter Jansen created his first panoramic work in 1977 on Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas. The second, in 1978, was a quintuple panoramic piece of the sky between Rue Benoit and Rue de Rennes in Paris. Two years later, again in Paris, his first so called 'photo-painting' was made: a view from the Paris Hilton. More of these panoramic compositions followed. In a way they are characterized by a technique that resembles 'painting with photo prints'. Every single print might be seen as a brush stroke.Looking in detail at these works one might observe several layers of attention: the choice and concept of the subject, the affect of color, the position of the viewer, the sometimes iconic subjects, his varied concentration during the pace of time while creating the sometimes 30 or more 'brush strokes'. But always resulting in unexpected forms. From strait lines to strange curves, a scattered field of almost unintentionally grouped pictures or carefully planned results.