Peterson draws on a wide range of visual references, from the work of Leon Golub and Paul McCarthy to ancient Greek pottery, graphic design, and political propaganda posters. These influences converge in a reduced visual language often built around a limited palette of black, white, red, and yellow.
Through high-contrast compositions and tightly interwoven figures, Peterson strips conflict down to an almost archetypal struggle between power and submission. His work uses these scenes to consider violence, social disorder, and the ways in which systems of authority manifest themselves.
