Don Peebles produced a number of paintings that utilize the canvas in non-traditional ways. Instead of stretching the canvas across a wooden stretcher, he created three-dimensional forms by cutting and sewing vertical strips of painted canvas that hang outwards from the wall, creating an organic form rather like a membrane or gills. When the work is hung, the canvas ‘gills’ settle into flowing repetitive patterns, creating a sense of movement and flow across the work and outwards towards the viewer.
Jennifer Taylor Moore, Curator of Collections for exhibition 'Beyond the Frame', 2018