Press

 
 

Television, Film, Radio, Podcast

  • “Artist Brian Peterson on Using Art to Help People Experiencing Homelessness” podcast,
    My Modern Met.  January 5, 2022.

  • Mention.  Jimmy Kimmel Live.  June 6, 2021.

  • “New Kobe Bryant Mural in Hollywood Honors His 2018 Oscar Win and Skill at Storytelling”,
    Inside Edition, CBS.  June 4, 2021.

  • “New Kobe Bryant mural in Hollywood highlights NBA legend’s second career”,
    Good Day L.A. morning news show, FOX 11 Los Angeles.  June 4, 2021.

  • Mention.  ESPN.  June 2021.

  • “Santa Ana Painter Uses Art to Change Lives of Homeless”,
    Spectrum News.  November 23, 2018.

  • “On the Canvas Off the Streets”,
    Amazing Humans, BBC Three.  August 3, 2018.

  • “An Unlikely Friendship Reignites 2 Artist’ Ambitions”,
    Morning Edition, NPR.  November 3, 2017.

  • "Faces of Santa Ana” documentary film.  Retina Cam Productions, 2016. Film festival awards:  VAIL 2017, OHAI 2017, Santa Cruz 2017, Coronado Island 2017, Sedona 2017, The Valley 2017, Napa Valley 2016, Los Angeles Short 2016.

 

Selected Articles

  • “Anaheim Park’s New Basketball Court Honors Kobe and Gianna Bryant”,
    Orange County Register.  May 4, 2022.

  • “Kobe and Gianna Bryant Dream Court Opens at Pearson Park In Anaheim”,
    Lakers Nation.  May 5, 2022.

  • “I try to show people who they are’: Artist paint portraits of Orange County’s homeless”,
    Los Angeles Times.  June 17, 2021.

  • “Kobe Bryant’s Oscar-winning moment shines in new Hollywood mural”,
    Los Angeles Daily News.  June 3, 2021.

  • “New Costa Mesa mural seeks to raise awareness and inspire solutions to help OC’s, homeless population”,  Los Angeles Times.  August 31, 2019.

  • “Artistic Vision: Face of Santa Ana by Brian Peterson”,
    Orange County Register.  January 7, 2019.

  • “This Artist Is Humanizing The Homeless Through His Dynamic Portraits”,
    Huff Post.  July 12, 2018.

  • “Artist Brian Peterson paints faces of former homeless”,
    Stu News Laguna.  September 21, 2018.

  • “Artist opens eyes and wallets with his paintings of Santa Ana’s homeless”,
    Los Angeles Times.  January 31, 2016.

  • “Artist Creates Portraits of the Homeless and Uses Proceeds from Sold Paintings for Their Rehabilitation”,  My Modern Met.  August 24, 2015.

  • “Santa Ana man paints homeless people in hopes of changing their lives”,
    Orange County Register.  December 2, 2015.