It’s only appropriate that Peter Callesen is from Denmark, the country of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales.

Some his work is pure whimsy, some of it is modest wit. His art is an antidote to writer’s block: the fully-realized blank page.

Impenetrable Castle, 2005

(detail)

Looking Back, 2006

Big wave moving towards a small castle made of sand, 2005

Closet, 2006

Angel, 2006

(Detail)

White Hand, 2007