Artist
Statement
Born
in Liverpool in 1956, Peter trained at the City & Guilds of
London Art School then went on to a Postgraduate Course at the Royal
Academy Schools, gaining his Royal Academy Certificate in 1981. He was
awarded a prize in the 1980 Royal Academy Student show. He won the
prize for Best Picture in Show at the Society of Graphic Fine Art
annual exhibition in 2004.
Peter has exhibited at the Royal Academy, Mall Galleries and many other
galleries in England and abroad. He now lives and works in Leamington
Spa and is married with a son and a daughter.
His
work today is definitely in the realist tradition. However from his
earliest days he has been interested in abstract art particularly
looking at the work of the American and St Ives schools and this
way of thinking still informs his work today. He
wants the picture as a whole to have an abstract strength and presence
but also to be particular in detail.
Influences
One
of the main influences of his work is Japanese art, Hiroshige and
Hokusai to name just two of the many great artists. Their use of flat
space, pattern and above all their sense of design. He sees
picture making as much about design as looking.
Materials
He
uses a mixture of Karisma and Derwent Artist pencils on 300lb NOT
surface watercolour paper. He particularly likes the intense colour
that can be aceived with the Karisma pencils.
Contact details:
107
Stirling Avenue
New
Cubbington
Leamington
Spa
Warwickshire
CV32
7HW
