In Winners and Losers, Maier wields his unmatched technical mastery to deliver something rare: a portrait that reads like a philosophical provocation. Split down the center, the figure fuses a Native elder and a cowboy—not as caricatures, but as icons of a mythic past that still shapes the present.

Here, identity is both fractured and fused, conquest and consequence sharing a single face. Maier’s mirror-finish technique—born from his experience at Porsche and DuPont—elevates industrial auto paint into something almost devotional. The aluminum surface hums with a quiet volatility, polished yet unflinching.

This work is not merely collectible—it’s conversation-stopping. A visual paradox that challenges the viewer to question how we assign power, history, and legacy. It belongs in a space where narrative tension is welcomed, and where aesthetic brilliance meets cultural weight.

“WINNERS AND LOSERS”

2019

Dimensions: 90” x 60”

Medium: Axalta Cromax AT on Aluminum

Artist: Peter Maier