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Peter
Kalill's acceptance
to Copley Society of Art in Boston is the most recent
honor bestowed upon this gifted
young painter. Little did he (or his parents) know when
he spent his classroom days drawing instead of taking
notes, that painting would become his passion and his
career.
Peter
was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1973. He began
his formal studies in art at Providence College
in Rhode Island. In his third year of college, he
studied painting, drawing and art history in Florence, Italy. After traveling
to major museums throughout western Europe, Peter returned to Providence and
earned a B.A. in drawing in 1995.
After
his graduation, Peter moved to Cape Cod and continued to
learn all he could about painting.
The following winter he traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula,
Honduras,
and Guatemala to study Mayan art and culture. The next winter, Peter went
to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he befriended landscape
painter Frank
Gardner, who introduced him to plein air painting. It was in Frank’s
gallery that Peter
sold his first paintings.
Upon
returning home from his second winter in San Miguel, Peter
was accepted into AddisonArtGallery where
his first show in the U.S. was a great success.
Peter’s work has attracted the attention of many collectors throughout
the U.S. and Canada, and has been featured in several fine publications
including Cape Cod Art Review and American Art Collector. Cape Cod Museum
of Art will
be exhibiting his work in early 2008.
Peter
Kalill and his fiancée
Kathleen will be married in June of 2007. They live on Cape Cod and continue
to travel to San Miguel and places throughout
the U.S., Mexico, and Canada in search of more great places to paint.
Museum
Show:
Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art, January 12
- March 2, 2008
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