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Meet Your Neighbors: Rock Creek runs through this artist’s creations

October 11, 2019 by FHC 9 Comments

The objects that Pete Seligman picks up along Rock Creek don’t belong there – wood scraps, items of clothing, a crushed soda can. But some of them find a new purpose as a “jumping off point” for Seligman’s collages and constructions.

Seligman lives on Veazey Terrace, and you might find him walking along Rock Creek after rainstorms, looking for interesting materials that may have washed up on the creek’s banks. Once, he found part of a boating dock.

“I was definitely puzzled how a dock came to be floating down Rock Creek,” Seligman says. “I sawed it into different size pieces and used them in a number of wooden constructions.”

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Seligman is a self-taught multimedia artist and once he retired from the Library of Congress, he devoted himself to his art full time.

Pete Seligman with one of his Rock Creek finds. (photo courtesy of Pete Seligman)

Seligman tells Forest Hills Connection he started to incorporate found items in his art about 25 years ago, when he discovered he liked painting on wood more than canvas. “Over time that led me to incorporate wood into the paintings themselves, and the paintings then morphed into wooden constructions that included paint,” Seligman says.

Biography (12″ x 24″ – oil and collage on wood)

Seligman is represented by Foundry Gallery in DC and has exhibited in the Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. He has a solo show at Foundry Gallery through October 27th. Each piece has a Rock Creek connection: found objects that “form the jumping off point of each of my constructions.”

“By limiting the artwork’s genesis to material found along Rock Creek,” Seligman says, “I feel that each piece resonates with “place” – the place the objects were found. So I see a connection among all the artworks in the exhibition because each one began with something fished out of or found along the banks of Rock Creek.”

Learn more about Seligman’s work at PeteSeligman.com. His Foundry Gallery exhibition, featuring wood-based constructions and collages, is open through Sunday, October 27. Foundry Gallery (FoundryGallery.org) is located at 2118 8th Street NW near the Shaw-Howard University Metro station. It is open from 1 to 7 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday.

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Comments

  1. Helene Kenny says

    October 11, 2019 at 1:51 pm

    I hope to get there to see your work. Now I have more meaning in what I will see.
    I like found materials and momentos from Rock Creek Park. Best wishes.
    Helene

    Reply
    • Pete Seligman says

      October 15, 2019 at 10:38 pm

      Thank you Helene. Hope to see you at yoga Friday.

      Reply
  2. Anita says

    October 14, 2019 at 5:05 pm

    I’ve known Peter for years and have always admired his keen sense of observation and creativity.

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    • Pete says

      October 15, 2019 at 10:39 pm

      Hey Anita! How nice to hear that–and all the way from Brooklyn, too!

      Reply
  3. Patsy Fleming says

    October 15, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    As I watch the Dems debate I think about Pete’s work and it reminds me that good art like Pete’s can clear the mind and bring joy.

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    • Pete Seligman says

      October 19, 2019 at 10:36 am

      Thanks Patsy. I feel the same way about your beautiful paintings.

      Reply
  4. Barb says

    October 19, 2019 at 10:28 am

    this is fantastic!!!!

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    • Pete says

      October 19, 2019 at 10:36 am

      Thank you Barb.

      Reply
  5. Hester Ohbi says

    October 28, 2019 at 8:54 pm

    I love Pete’s art because it often make me laugh and that is important!! His art is also very whimsical, psycological and beautiful!

    Reply

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