Selected Citations: "One of the first Photorealists to emerge in New York, Denis Peterson pioneered a painting genre based on the literary works of Baudrillard. He named the splinter art movement Hyperrealism, a revolutionary turn from Photorealism."

"His first Hyperreal work Dust to Dust was designated in an art history textbook timeline as the start of Hyperrealism Painting (Rizzoli Publishing), sparking a phenomenon that burgeoned into a world-wide movement."

"Estes, Peterson, Flack, and Close often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs. Chuck Close and Denis Peterson are praised for their skill and ability to transform their vision into an astounding piece of art. Both painters utilized advanced airbrushing techniques to achieve a smooth and precise photographic surface quality."

"While Close's monumental paintings forced an uncomfortable intimacy upon the viewer, Peterson's work conveys a sense of inwardness and refective self-consciousness. It differs from the idealizing, more deadpan aspect of figures in Photorealism which appear either fetishistic or as mere individuals in the urban scene."

"Peterson's work addresses a sense of loss, pain/angst in a culture dominated by corporate America. People are viewed (once again) as individuals though caught in the overwhelming commodification of everything, some so completely lost, that they are no longer individuals. The deafening silence is a painter's moral imperative to controvert society's acquiescence."