“MIRAGE”

2007

Dimensions: 48” X 62” (Life Size)

Medium: Axalta Cromax AT on Aluminum

Artist: Peter Maier

In Mirage, Peter Maier captures the alchemy of reflection—a visual sleight of hand where steel becomes water and form becomes memory. The flawless curvature of the car's surface doesn’t just reflect light, it swallows it, warps it, and gives it back as a dream. A second vehicle ghosts across the panel, refracted like a memory flickering in motion.

This is not nostalgia—it’s presence. Maier brings the viewer into the heat of the showroom or the shimmer of a roadside car meet at golden hour. And yet, no camera was used. This isn’t a photograph. It’s pure paint.

Mirage is a study in obsession, not just with surface but with the mysteries that lie beneath it. What appears solid is fluid. What feels immediate is imagined. And in the space between reality and illusion, Maier’s mastery roars quietly.