artist printmaker
Peter Town is a born storyteller, gifted with an ability to translate both everyday quirks and deeper philosophical musing through his work. Often using strong lines, striking colours and symbolism in his pictures, Town has built a vibrant portfolio.
Born in Bethnal Green, he grew up in Liverpool and was later educated at Bath Academy of Art and the Royal College of Art. Taking advantage of his ability to communicate ideas visually, he went on to enjoy a successful career as a designer while he continued to paint and develop his artistic style through drawing, painting, photography, and printmaking.
While many of Town’s paintings use strong shapes and primary colours, such as the Stairscapes series, others are quieter and more contemplative, representing a more tranquil inner space.
His Abstracts series features works where the narrative is more ambiguous but ever-present. He sees landscapes, interior spaces and natural forms as abstract shapes and colours, transcribing these in his unique style onto paper and canvas.
#tableauxofdreams – exploring other avenues
I don’t specifically work at finding new ideas, but I do feel them forming in my mind, and I started thinking about this particular project some considerable time ago. What I am not at all sure about is why now is the right time to make a start.
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Colourways – working out possible colour combinations in my sketchbook helps me plan the order in which I lay down the paint.
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The traced image, showing areas to be scratched away ready for etching.
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This palette does not follow any accepted convention, I make it up as I go along. Pleased with the result I can see ideas taking shape in my mind. I am ready to scan it into the computer.
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I am about to embark on a new body of work, ‘All that I know’. Although that’s slightly misleading, because I have felt this idea wriggling around in my head for quite some time. To be more precise, I think I am about to put pen to paper.
Chateau Fort de Pirou – Besieged by the Viking Normans, the Lord of Pirou and his family turned themselves into geese using an old spell in order to escape. When the geese returned, they tried to reverse the spell, but the secret had been burnt with along the castle, and so wild geese have returned to the region each year since then.
