peter macks is a pioneer in the world of pop art. psychedelic shapes and colours helped him to define the 1960s. decades later he is creating iconic masterpieces. i sat in the studio in new york for the friday art segment. >> bold strokes, brilliant colours are the signature of peter macks, and they burst with life as you step into his studio. >> they are known for the brightness, the colour. >> i love brightness of sol ours. i grew up in shanghai china. maybe it was an influence on me. i wanted to be an astronomer. a lot of the stars come up. i'm contemplating how big is the universe, how many stars. it's getting bigger and bigger. >> macks was a big artist in the '60s, a pop icon. he helped to define a generation. >> there's so many things that people think of. for a child of the '60s, the first thing that comes to mind is the psychodelic era. you repeat that in your art. that was the period. in the '60s, in the middle to late '60s, it's when all that psychodelia started to happen. >> love, peace, and peter macks. this is his poste

peter mack's brilliant images - inside the studio of this top art master. >>> it's been less than three years since the u.s. withdraw from iraq and has been threat three days since the country has come apart. >> sobering facts to consider - the war in iraq claimed 4400 lives, american lives, and cost more than a trillion dollars. in addition, 30,000 u.s. troops were wounded and an estimated 24,000 iraqi civilians were killed. the iraqi government is at risk of being overthrown by sunni rebels who made a series of rapid advances to baghdad. >> al-qaeda-inspired fighters continue though the city of iraq. a third of the country has fallen in a matter of days. rebel fighters of the islamic state of iraq and levant say the capital will be theirs soap. prime minister nouri al-maliki says the army will soon regain control. the u.s. says it is prepared to step up security support for iraq. >> i don't rule out anything. because we have a stake in making sure that jihadists don't get a foot hold. >> the u.s. said no, and u.s. officials confirmed several planes would fly out hundreds of american c