“PHANTOM (STUDY)”

2016

Dimensions: 48”x48”

Medium: Axalta Cromax AT on Aluminum

Artist: Peter Maier

In “Phantom (Study),” Peter Maier isolates the drama of presence itself.

A single rooster, cropped like a silhouette against infinite black, becomes a sculptural force. His brilliant red comb—razor-edged and regal—rises like a flame, animated with impossible detail. But it’s the gaze, angled upward, that pulls you in. It’s part challenge, part reverence. A portrait of defiance in feathers.

Painted with Maier’s signature car-finish technique—using Axalta automotive pigments on aluminum—every stroke is layered in translucent precision. The effect is hyperreal but not photographic. It’s better. It breathes.

This isn’t just a chicken.
It’s the spirit of resistance, caught mid-glare.
It’s Old Master elegance reengineered for chrome.

And like its title, “Phantom,” it hovers somewhere between presence and apparition—seen, but just barely containable.