Fantastic farm critters
subject of artist's work

Evelyn jacob
SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

N 1990, Peter Kiss gave

up a promising career in

architecture to become a
full-time fine artist.

“It's real Freucian stuff. My
father was an architect so |
decided not to be one,” explains
the relentlessly cheerful sculptor.

Surely there must have been
another reason for his leap from
the respectability of designing
buildings to the uncertainty of
carving giani biue fish sticks out
of wood.

Freudian or not, Kiss stood to
inherit his father’s prestigious
Vancouver firm, which wasn’t
something to sneeze at.

Typically, he offers a playful

- explanation: “Art was a hobby
and | needed a real job. So | said,
‘Hmm, sounds like architecture.’
But it wasn’t for me. Too many
straight fines.”

His first career, as a marine
biologist, apparently didn’t suit
nim either. “I didn’t ike living in
the bush, and there’s only so
Many artistic things you can do
with dead fish,” he says archly.

Kiss’ reasons for parting with
his past professions are as whim-
sical as his sculptural creations.
Silly looking birds, oversized
fish, fantastic farm critters paint-
ed in all the boid colors o’ the
rainbow are as light-hearted and
primitive as kindergarten realism.

His fascination with wordplay
has spawned a whole collection
of humorous carvings — they're
really sick jokes that speak to the
West Vancouver native’s sense of
the absurd.

A jean shirt-clad cowboy in
the saddle of a four-foot-tal!

, ings
amla funeral

Me Omamaas hor ten

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animals can be seen at the Seymour Art Gailery until Sunday,
Oct. 2, Or Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 7 to 9 p.m., Kiss gives an
informal talk and slide presentation on his work. Admission is by
donation; refreshments will be served. Phone 924-1378 to reserve

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a spot. The gaiflery is located at 4360 Gallant Ave., North Van.

canary-yellow free-range chick-
en, for instance, is dubbed
Riding the Free Range; a giant
bird with teeny cows in its befly
was the tragic result of Kiss mus-
ing on the word “cowbird.”

His ideas for these wacky
wooden barnyard animals come

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