Peter T. Secker
Artist’s bio
Peter T. Secker is an award winning fine artist who lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
He grew up in northern Illinois and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He majored in design and
commercial art and worked as creative director for noted design studios and gift products companies. His client list included Coca-Cola, Disney, McDonald’s, Mattel, Canon and others.
He is now retired from commercial art, and is passionate about expressing his creativity in fine art. His painting “FofGoT10-3” won Best of Show in 2023. Plus, he has been awarded several Honorable Mentions with other works of art.
You may explore his works and personal history in more detail at www.artonweb.com.
Artist’s statement
Peter T. Secker is a creative fine artist and a student of a genre he calls “Stylized Synergy.” Stylized Synergy is the artistic culmination of what creates talent and makes a person human. It is a person’s biological energy combined with genetics, nurturing, education, experience, environment, emotion, imagination, passion and decisions. Many artists create works of art in this manner but may not label it in this genre.
His paintings and works of art are not attempts to be photo-realistic, nor completely abstract. He enjoys combining graphic, abstract and impressionism techniques to enhance recognizable subjects. He is inspired by concepts that motivate his message using media, technique and originality. He has studied many of the great masters and admires the work and styles of most artists, but believes in following the synergy within himself to develop his ideas. Many times, this allows him to combine different genres and/or different graphic styles into an image of his vision.
He explores up to 12 different disciplines each year with time permitting; 1. Forgotten, 2. Cabins, 3. Unhappy Face, 4. Clouds, 5. Cars, 6. Drips, 7. Birds, 8. Fun Fish, 9. Flawed but not Forgotten, 10. Abstract, 11. Of Interest, and 12. Portraits. His “Forgotten” series began in 2007. He had the idea for the “Unhappy Face” series in the mid 1990s, but did not finish the first painting until 2021. His “Cabin” series began in 1974 and was instrumental in his pursuit of an artistic career. It also allowed him to create and develop as a fine artist while he successfully worked in the commercial arts.
