Selvom man i Peter Bak Frederiksens malerier ofte kan genkende et vandfald, en portal, lodret stigende klipper eller havets møde med horisonten, er han ikke først og fremmest en figurativ maler. Langt mere end denne verdens fysiske fænomener er han optaget af det mest ulegemlige aspekt af alle: lyset. Det er lyset, der er det gennemgående tema i Peter Bak Frederiksens malerier. Lyset, som det kommer ind i verden på skabelsens dag og skaber orden og form ud af det mørke kaos.

Det er således i bund og grund optimistiske billeder, Peter Bak Frederiksen maler. Hos ham sejrer lyset altid i sidste ende, og man kan mærke intensiteten i hans kunstneriske skabelsesproces.

Koloristisk og kompositorisk er Peter Bak Frederiksen blevet stadigt dristigere og mere selvsikker. Resultaterne er blevet stadigt bedre med årene, og man kan nu mærke, at det er en færdig maler, vi har med at gøre.

Af Tom Jørgensen, redaktør af Kunstavisen, Bachelor i Kunsthistorie.

Peter Bak’s art is surely strong and intense, with deep suggestions born of the intimate dialogue between the chromatic vibrations and the pictorial gestures that obviously stand out as its main features. Nature, with its elements and landscapes, stirs some fervent passion in this Danish artist, yet it is not transferred onto canvas through representation. Instead, it actually becomes an excuse to develop a type of painting that intentionally dissolves – as the work progresses – the initial inspiration, to give way to chromatic impetus and to the emotion of light exalting every detail of the painted surface.

His pictures, very powerful and refined, always have a strong visual impact: his art does not record images but communicates emotions. The hand following the free creative flow is guided by a mind producing immediate intuitions, impulses, memories, impressions from travels.

This artist, unpredictable in his pictorial creations, shuns all bonds, when composing. He proceeds by balancing dynamic tensions implying a rich spiritual dimension and his great passion for pure abstraction, in which colour is invaded by the intensity of light.

In front of his paintings, the spectator is invited to step onto paths unfolding in his inner world – including his fantasy world – as he feels the growing and irresistible need to discover the thoughts, dreams and feelings shaped by the hand of this artist.

Paola Trevisan, Art curator, Trevisan International Art.