Studio Peter Varga

Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Grisaille

One material. Every shade between black and white.

Plaster relief and architectural surfaces by the hand of Peter Varga.

Fine Art

Original relief. It begins in the dark.

Glossy black plaster relief, a cinched and draped sculptural form in deep gunmetal.
MammatusMammatus 02Sold
Charcoal geometric relief of woven and ribbed blocks surrounding one bright silver panel, on a cream wall.
Dark MatterDark Matter 03
Tall relief panel with a symmetric organic vein pattern, black channels enclosing mirror gray cells.
EmanareEmanare 01
Pale relief panel with radiating crack lines beside a smooth diagonal folded section, casting a real shadow.
PenumbraPenumbra 07
Bone white symmetrical incised linework on a bone white ground, visible only in raking light.
RorschachRorschach 01

Installations

Where the art enters the room.

A dark powder room with a black sculptural plaster panel between two backlit mirrors and a brass sconce.
Powder roomSculpted plaster, mirror light
A curved charcoal limewash wall wrapping a dining and bedroom suite with walnut furniture.
ResidenceCharcoal limewash, full room
A bone white combed plaster panel of overlapping angular forms on a gallery wall.
Panel workCombed relief in bone white
A wide geometric plaster arc panel above a console in a residential room.
Panel workGeometric arc over console

Surfaces

The wall itself, finished by hand.

Applied wet. Polished to stone.

Mirror polished Venetian plaster fading from silver blue to black in cloudlike mottling.
FinishHi Gloss
Macro of burnished metallic plaster in gunmetal silver with one bright hotspot.
FinishMetal
Brushed pearlescent plaster catching light on the diagonal.
FinishPearlescent Metallic
Matte fluted plaster, horizontal reeded grooves under deep raking shadow.
FinishFluted

The Studio

The record, in full light.

Macro detail of two adjoining textures on the panel surface: a woven canvas-like grid beside a vertically ridged texture.
Dark Matter 01 · Sold
A rectangular abstract relief panel composed of dark charcoal geometric shapes surrounding a bright pale silver-white panel.
Dark Matter 03
Macro detail of mottled charcoal-gray textured surface with a smoother triangular gray facet at center.
Dark Matter 05
Close view of a bull-mask relief's upper section, horns and central pale arch glowing against black pebbled shoulders.
Hortobagy 02 · Sold
Extreme close-up of the folded, draped surface, resembling crumpled metallic fabric with deep creases and strong light.
Mammatus 02 · Sold
Angled side view of the ring piece's edge, showing a black canvas binding strip along the scalloped rim in profile.
Mammatus 03
Full-bleed close-up of the folded and faceted grid texture with fine scratches across the surface.
Mammatus 05
Portrait panel of black grid and waffle relief meeting a smooth black field.
Penumbra 01
Full-frame macro of drip and splatter relief texture, pitted and glossy beside deep black with fine scratches.
Penumbra 02
Close-up of an angular wedge element with its dramatic cast shadow against the combed black textured panel.
Penumbra 04
Straight-on gallery shot of the pale relief panel: radiating crack lines beside a smooth diagonal folded panel.
Penumbra 07
A tall vertical relief panel displaying a symmetric organic vein pattern resembling a butterfly or ribcage.
Emanare 01
Gallery shot of a pale panel with fine incised symmetric line drawing of looping, spine-like organic shapes.
Rorschach 01
Straight-on shot of a tall dark relief panel on a dark wall, bilateral symmetric organic carved pattern.
Rorschach 03 · Sold
Tight macro crop of carved organic lines and mesh-textured recessed sections.
Rorschach 05 · Sold
A finish sample panel of high-gloss Venetian plaster showing a cloud-like tonal gradient from silver to black.
Hi Gloss
Macro close-up of horizontal fluted ribbing, directly lit to show the fine ridge-and-groove texture.
Fluted
Bedroom scene with a dark wood platform bed and layered gray linens against a cloudy plaster accent wall.
Matte
A rectangular finish sample mounted on an off-white textured wall, showing a matte stone-gray surface.
Metal Fleck
A rectangular finish sample mounted on a plaster wall, showing diagonal raked streaks with a faint sheen.
Pearlescent Metallic
A corner where a diagonal shaft of daylight crosses a plaster wall, meeting a darker plaster wall at a sharp vertical.
Travertine
Macro diagonal close-up of a raked swatch showing fine parallel vertical grooves.
Raked
Full-frame macro of a steel-blue metallic finish with mottled passages and a bright reflective glare.
Metal
A dark bathroom vanity with mottled silver-on-black plaster walls around a tall mirror.
Mottled Metal
Peter Varga seated in a chrome and green swivel chair in his studio, large dark canvases behind him.

Raised in Hungary. Nearly a decade of training under a master fresco painter. More than twenty five years in plaster. A family studio.

Commissions and consultations by inquiry.

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