The painting used for the cover of the new Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album The Getaway was painted by Kevin Peterson, an artist who now lives in Houston, Texas. The piece used by RHCP as their album design is called Coalition II.
Artist Statement:
My work is about the varied journeys we take through life. It’s about growing up and living in a world that is broken. These paintings are about trauma, fear and loneliness and the strength that it takes to survive and thrive. They each contain the contrast of the untainted, young and innocent against a backdrop of a worn, ragged, and defiled world. Support versus restraint, bondage versus freedom, and tension versus slack are all themes that I often visit. My work deals with isolation, loneliness and longing teamed with a level of optimistic hope. Issues of race and the division of wealth have arisen in my recent work. This work deals with the idea of rigid boundaries, the hopeful breakdown of such restrictions, as well as questions about the forces that orchestrate our behavior.
You can see more of Kevin Peterson’s work on his website HERE
Many thanks to Stephen who inadvertently set me off in search of this!