Peter Bergeron was born and raised in Connecticut. After attending the Paier
School of Art in Hamden he began his career as a representational painter.
In the 1980s, Bergeron worked as a freelance illustrator for local publications.
In 1990, he began studying with
Frank Covino of Waitsfield, Vermont where he was trained in the classical
academic approach to painting, starting with a detailed under painting and
superimposing many layers of colored glazes. His work is greatly inspired by
the early American painters of the Hudson River School and the Tonalist
painters of that period. |
