Although one can often recognise a waterfall, a portal, towering cliffs or the meeting of the sea and the horizon in Peter Bak Frederiksen's paintings, he is not primarily a figurative painter. Far more than the physical phenomena of this world, he is fascinated by the most intangible element of all: light. Light is the recurring theme in Peter Bak Frederiksen's paintings. The light that enters the world on the day of creation, bringing order and form out of the darkness of chaos.

At their core, Peter Bak Frederiksen's paintings are therefore optimistic. In his work, light always triumphs in the end, and one can sense the intensity of his artistic creative process.

In his use of colour and composition, Peter Bak Frederiksen has become increasingly daring and confident. The results have steadily improved over the years, and one can now sense that he has become a fully accomplished painter.

By Tom Jørgensen, Editor of Kunstavisen, BA in Art History.

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.