San Francisco · environmental & new-media art

Peter Shaw

Fifth-generation San Franciscan · abstract painting, environmental work, and internet-as-vehicle art since the late 1960s — from SideOfBarn and garden installations to 1000 California Cloud and Dressed.

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In the studio and in the field

Painting that meets land, building, and browser — often with St. John Coltrane Arts in the garden.

1000 California Cloud

Quantum Painting — witness probability collapse on the grid; concept and live work on Work.

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Supreme Love · Sep 2026

Flower Piano and Garden Party — photographs from the weekend at the Botanical Garden and di Rosa.

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Dressed

Paint, silk, and ties — one tie to one canvas. Original works · viewing by inquiry.

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Environmental scale

SideOfBarn, California-Garden, coastal redwood — scale that meets community and ecosystem.

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