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\u201cA Self-Portrait<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition of paintings by Lamar Peterson, is at Fredericks & Freiser gallery\u00a0for just a few more days, through April 8. Peterson intends the works to serve, in aggregate, as a metaphor for contemporary black male identity. He\u2019s credited his predilection for bright landscapes to none other than PBS\u2019s Bob Ross: \u201cWhen I was a kid, I used to paint along with him<\/a>, and he always painted a mountain scene. I imagine that as being the perfect scene \u2026 that most people can relate to. In a sense, people see that mountain scene as being an ideal kind of thing, so I keep coming up with images like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lamar Peterson, The Conversation<\/i>, 2016, oil on canvas, 77″ x 72″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Young Man with a Fish<\/i>, 2016, oil on canvas, 57″ x 82 1\/4″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tilt<\/i>, 2016, oil on canvas, 82″ x 57 1\/4″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stung<\/i>, 2016, oil on canvas, wood frame with vase, and plastic flowers 26 1\/2″ x 28″.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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