For thirty years Peter Erskine’s interest has been in the interplay of light, space, and architecture and his work uses the emotional impact of art to address the full range of nature from its most elemental expression as pure light to its most complex expression as global ecology.
After Erskine graduated from Yale in 1963, he travelled to India on a Fulbright Fellowship.
Throughout the 1980's, Erskine focused on site-specific architectural sculpture.
This work was shown throughout the United States and Europe, including New York's Whitney Museum Sculpture Biennials.
His work is included in numerous public, corporate, and private art collections worldwide.
In 1989 and 1990 Erskine invented a new interactive Solar Spectrum art medium.
In 1992 "Secrets of the Sun: Millenial Meditations" premiered at the ancient Trajan's Market in the Roman Forum, an exhibition sponsored by the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation.
In 1993 the City of Berlin sponsored "Secrets of the Sun" (SOS) as the cultural centrepiece for their bid for the 2000 Olympics.
SOS opened at historic Union Station in Los Angeles in 1995.
SOS has received wide coverage in the global media.
TV and radio stories featuring Erskine's Solar Rainbow Art have been broadcast in over 100 countries.
Sun Dance, the first permanent SOS artwork was completed in 1997 at Puente Hills in Southern California.
In 1998 Erskine completed installation of the SOS project at the Earth Centre in North Yorkshire, England, and two permanent installations at the "Sonne, Mond, und Sterne" exhibition in Essen, Germany.
In 2000, CROMOS, Erskine's Solar Spectrum Environmental Art, was installed in the Milan, Florence, and Rome railway stations, and 30 high speed bullet trains.
"New Light on Rome 2000" ran for seven months in five ancient Roman sites sponsored by the City of Rome and Bettoja Hotels.
The year 2000 also saw the installation of the "Rainbow Sundial Calendar" at the ECOS Environmental Park in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
