Circle Arts International, Toronto
Private Collection, Calgary
Literature
Roald Nasgaard, Abstract Painting in Canada, Toronto/Vancouver, 2007, pages 287 and 290-91
Dennis Reid, A Concise History of Canadian Painting, third edition, Toronto, 2012, page 349
The artist's background as a watercolour artist is referenced in “Arcturus #32”. The soothing eggplant background of the composition varies in opacity creating soft depth and juxtaposition between it and the graphic contrasting geometric forms. Lilac is employed with the central circular form, contrasted with the bright blue and green bars of pigment. Perehudoff explores the viewers perception of depth, colour and energy in his signature colour blocking abstract technique inspired by Jack Bush and his American contemporaries. Nasgaard notes how these works exhibit “plays of light and dark, of transparency and opacity, [which] are subtle and sensuous.” Rather than aggressively jarring contrasts in tone and form, Perehudoff instead delivers a more subtle but moving geometric abstraction while calling attention to theoretical exploration of colour and form.
