About Peter Ashlock
My Life
My Passions
My Passions
- Growing up in Berkeley California, I was surrounded at home by my parents ambitions. My father, a fine artist/sculptor taught painting and drawing at three different institutions in the area. My mother with a degree in journalism was focused on literature and a fascination with metaphysics.
My Passions
My Passions
My Passions
I began to make art seriously around 1965 while visiting my dad in his studio in the east Village in New York City. I explored drawing and illustration, and sewing, making many garments that I wore for years. Later I began to make furniture but first I made sandals, copying the products of a local sandal maker. In high school I explored
I began to make art seriously around 1965 while visiting my dad in his studio in the east Village in New York City. I explored drawing and illustration, and sewing, making many garments that I wore for years. Later I began to make furniture but first I made sandals, copying the products of a local sandal maker. In high school I explored making jewelry and building musical instruments. I had always explored photography, but finally settled on animation as the subject to focus on in art school.