Neon Line series

I first developed this artistic vocabulary as a short-hand way to realize composition and color selections for my hard-edged work. I quickly realized that this vocabulary was a fully formed language unto itself, and it immediately became part of my on-going body of work.

This unique style was first publically shown at the Oakland Museum in an exhibition curated by George W. Neubert entitled Introductions in May, 1971. I had two large canvases and a bound and unbound book of drawing included in this showing. One piece entitled (My Mother at) Coney Island was selected by the renowned art critic Alfred Frankenstein for inclusion in his review of this group showing. Mr. Frankenstein wrote “Peter Roell does pop-artist figures in sharp, brilliant, virtuoso line, often made shrewdly garish with neon-lighted color.”

It is from this seminal review of this style that I adopted the series name of Neon Line.

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