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Christopher Peterson

Christopher Peterson

Christopher Peterson’s inspiration comes from several sources. The first is from the subjects themselves. Using the traditional skills of drawing and painting, he can observe and express not only the physical thing but also the emotion in any given subject. Technically, any subject can be a beautiful opportunity to use paint, color and value to express the multitude of effects that light, reflection, shadow and cast shadow have on a subject.

His artistic inspiration comes from a tradition of American painting beginning with artists like N.C. and Andrew Wyeth, Charles Sheeler, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargeant and Winslow Homer. His more contemporary influences are from artists such as Wayne Thiebaud, Chuck Close, Robert Cunningham, John Register and Richard Estes. He has always been fundamentally an illustrator though, and accordingly, has been influenced by such artists as Norman Rockwell, Milton Glaser, and James McMullan, but feels that it is important to be very discerning when choosing one’s artistic influences and prefers the traditional American realist painters.

He was born in New York City May 26, 1957, and grew up in Westport, Connecticut. His father was a salesman, and his mother was a clothing designer. Like many boys who grew up in the suburbs during the sixties, his earliest influences were The Beatles, The Monkees, Rolling Stones, Walt Disney, Norman Rockwell, Peter Max and Andy Warhol.

After a moderately idyllic childhood, he went to art school in Boston, and then at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He began his career as an Illustrator in New York City in 1980 and immediately started working for The New York Times and Time magazine. Since moving to the Bay area in 1984, he has been a steady fixture in the landscape of art and design, working in newspapers, advertising, exhibit design, teaching, and as a painter and illustrator.

He has been published in the Los Angeles Society of illustrators 35 and five times in Print magazine’s regional design annual. In 1995, he won the bronze medal for advertising in the San Francisco society of illustrators show, in1996 he won gold, silver, and bronze medals in the San Francisco Society of Illustrators show. In 1999 his poster for John Lee Hooker at the Fillmore won the gold medal for advertising at the San Francisco Society of Illustrators annual show and was selected in the 41st New York Society of Illustrators show. In fact, he’s taken the gold medal for advertising four years in a row in the SFSI show. He is in the US Air Force Art program and his client list includes The New York Times, Time magazine, Fortune, Readers Digest, Watson-Guptil books, Bill Graham Presents, The String Cheese Incident, Metropolitan Entertainment, Pacific Bell, Nickelodeon, Buick, Duracell, Heineken, Goodby Silverstein, McCann-Erickson advertising, Citigate, Macy’s, Marketing Drive USA, Ogilvy & Mather, Arnold Worldwide, Dave Matthews Band and Phish.

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Moonalice Posters by Christopher Peterson

M871 › 9/23/15 Union Square Live, San Francisco, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
M910 › 4/20/16 420 Gathering of the Tribe, Slim's, San Francisco, CA
M954 › 4/20/17 420 Gathering of the Tribe, Slim's, San Francisco, CA poster by Christopher Peterson with Doobie Decibel System
M1012 › 10/01/17 Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
M1026 › 4/20/18 420 Gathering of the Tribe at Slim’s, San Francisco, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
M1096 › 4/20/19 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA poster by Chris Peterson
M11xx › 6/6/20 Discovery Ventura, Ventura, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
M1233 › Full Moonalice Virtual 420 Gathering of the Tribe 4/20/21 Howling Moon Studios, Woodside, California poster by Christopher Peterson
M1246 › Full Moonalice 8/7/21 Petaluma Music Festival at Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, California poster by Christopher Peterson
M1262 › Moonalice 4/22/22 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
M1313 › Moonalice 10/2/22, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
  1. M871 › 9/23/15 Union Square Live, San Francisco, CA
  2. M910 › 4/20/16 Gathering of the Tribe, Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
  3. M954 › 4/20/17 420 Gathering of the Tribe, Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
  4. M1012 › 10/01/17 Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, CA
  5. M1026 › 4/20/18 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
  6. M1096 › 4/20/19 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
  7. M11xx › 6/6/20 Discovery Ventura, Ventura, CA – Cancelled
  8. M1233 › Full Moonalice 4/20/21 Howling Moon Studios, Woodside, CA – 420 Virtual Gathering of the Tribe
  9. M1246 › Full Moonalice 8/7/21 Petaluma Music Festival, Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, CA
  10. M1262 › 4/22/22 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
  11. M1313 › 10/2/22 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA
  12. M1320 › 4/20/23 The Chapel, San Francisco, CA

Roger McNamee posters by Christopher Peterson

R85 › 7/31/16 Guitarfish Music Festival, Cisco Grove, CA poster by Christoper Peterson
R109 › 6/19/18 Jerry Day Benefit Featuring David Gans & Roger McNamee at Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
R130 › 7/21/19 Doobie Decibel System Trio, Point San Pablo Harbor, Richmond, CA poster by Christopher Peterson
R152 › DDSQ 3/19/20 Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, CA poster by Chris Peterson - Moonlight in the Darkness Couch Tour
R199V › Roger McNamee 6/18/22 Saturday Stream, Howling Moon Studio, Woodside, California poster by Christopher Peterson
  1. R85 › 7/31/16 Guitarfish Music Festival, Cisco Grove, CA
  2. R109 › 6/19/18 Jerry Day Benefit at Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco, CA
  3. R130 › 7/21/19 Point San Pablo Harbor, Richmond, CA
  4. R152 › DDSQ 3/19/20 Livestream: MITD Couch Tour (Sweetwater Music Hall Cancelled)
  5. R199V › Roger McNamee 6/18/22 Howling Moon Studio, Woodside, CA

Art & Political posters by Christopher Peterson

Vote Yes on Proposition 64 poster by Christopher Peterson
Hair Removal political poster by Christopher Peterson
P4 › 4/23/20 Coronavirus poster by Christopher Peterson
Full Moonalice “Bird Song” art by Christopher Peterson
  1. Prop 64 #10 › 11/3/16 Vote Yes on Proposition 64 poster
  2. 11/3/16 Hair Removal political poster
  3. 4/23/20 P4 › Corona Virus 2020 poster
  4. 7/13/20 Full Moonalice “Bird Song” art

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