Peter Doig – Two Students

Peter Doig's Two Students (2008) is a signed limited edition giclée print on wove paper that reflects the artist's distinctive balance between figuration and painterly abstraction. The fine art print's composition presents two loosely defined figures alongside a guitar, rendered in fluid passages of teal, ochre, brown, and muted violet. Cropped and intimate, the image focuses on gesture and atmosphere rather than narrative clarity.

As in many of Peter Doig's artworks, memory and imagination intersect, and forms appear to dissolve into their surroundings. The expressive brushwork and open areas of white ground reinforce the sense of psychological space, transforming an everyday scene into a suspended, ambiguous encounter. Published in a limited edition of 500, Two Students is hand-signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.

Peter Doig (born in Edinburgh in 1959) is regarded as one of the most important contemporary painters of his generation. His paintings and limited edition prints are known for their ethereal atmosphere and enigmatic imagery, blending figurative motifs with abstract painting techniques. Characterized by dreamlike landscapes populated with solitary figures and architectural forms, Doig’s artworks immerse viewers in scenes of quiet intensity and emotional ambiguity. His work often evokes melancholy, stillness, and psychological depth without relying on overt narrative, allowing meaning to unfold gradually.

Doig’s artistic process draws on diverse source material, including found photographs, film stills, and personal memories, which he transforms into richly layered compositions. By filtering these references through a distinctive painterly language, Peter Doig blurs the boundaries between memory, imagination, and art history. In addition to his major canvases, Doig has produced signed limited edition prints that translate his atmospheric visual language into etchings, lithographs, and monotypes. These fine art prints retain the chromatic subtlety and spatial complexity that define his painting practice.

Shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1994 and the subject of a major retrospective at Tate Britain in 2008, Peter Doig has established a lasting presence in international contemporary art. His paintings and prints are held in leading museum collections worldwide, and his graphic works continue to play an important role within his broader artistic output.