Chadds Ford’s Brandywine Museum of Art is presenting In Shadows’ Embrace: Prints by Peter Paone, writes staff for Chester County Press.

The presentation will display more than 20 prints by this local artist and teacher. The show is on view now until Oct. 13. 

While Paone is known largely for his painting, he also had success in printmaking and etching. He first learned these skills at John Bartram High School and the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts) in the 1950s.  

The exhibition’s centerpiece is Paone’s The Ten Commandments of Ambrose Bierce (1963), which has only been shown in full two other times, with the last time being in Paris in 1967. In this special piece of art, Paone gives a visual form to writer and poet Ambrose Bierce’s work entitled Decalogue (1906), which a satirical observation of the biblical principles listed in The Ten Commandments. 

“Peter Paone is an artist who creates compelling, haunting images—he brings a kind of fever dream to the tradition of figurative art,” said Thomas Padon, the James H. Duff Director of the Brandywine Museum of Art. 

Some other subjects of his etchings are Queen Elizabeth I, quasi-human mythical figures, and floral still-lifes. All embody Paone’s artistic vision, his remarkable technique, and his ability to create mysterious and alluring imagery and narratives. 

Read more about Peter Paone’s transformative art at Chester County Press. 

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