East Dean, so inspiring I keep coming back…two halves of a quick landscape sketch.
Summer scene
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Shoreline
East Dean, so inspiring I keep coming back…walking along the shoreline I noticed interestingly shaped pieces of chalk surrounded by little stones.
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Orizzonti: Casamavi, Pergola, Italy 7-21 October 2018
Santa Maria delle Tinte
Six new works were added to those shown at the Serra Sant’Abbondlo exhibition in September 2018.
Serra Sant’Abbondio, Le Marche, Italy 7-9 September 2018
Designed to coincide with this year’s festival of Santa Patrono in the town of Serra Sant’Abbondio, this exhibition showcases a small selection of Peter’s work from the last 20 years, during which he has become a regular visitor to this wild and mountainous region in north east Italy. His travels have resulted in a number of studies which capture its beauty and sense of history, on show here for the first time.
Serra Sant’Abbondio, Le Marche, Italy 7-9 September 2018. Architectural details sit alongside landscapes and natural forms, demonstrating a range of styles and techniques common to all of Peter’s work. A highlight of the show takes the form of a series of studies of the local mountain, Monte Catria, which illustrate its changing shape and character throughout one day in the summer of 2011, taking the viewer on a journey from morning mist to evening twilight via a wide range of striking, interpretive styles.
Landscapes
East Dean, so inspiring I keep coming back…trees against the sky.
The Arch series
#structuralcurves – noble grandeur
However, arches are more commonly used to support structures, roofs, railways and roads – useful and utilitarian structures. The arches in my paintings incorporate the qualities of both aggrandisement and physical structural support, with a little something left to the imagination.
The Valley series
#darkhavens – silent and serene
Valleys are often fertile places, the most sought-after areas for cultivation and settlement. We think of them as havens, lush and green, but they can also be dark, damp places permanently in shadow, rarely touched by light, or they can be ravines in the desert baked by the sun.
The valleys in my paintings are sometimes hot, sometimes cold, but always silent and serene.
The Plateau series
#elevatedplains – distant horizons
Plateaus are elevated places, strongholds, but they can also represent the limits of performance or ambition. Physically, they can appear as safe places to be, where one can see what is both above and below, but they demand a decision when one leaves them – which way to go next.
The idea of the plateau, with the dilemma faced by the ‘occupant’, inspired me to create the abstract paintings in this series.
Soldier of Ashurbanipal, Assyrian king
The Bridge Series
#connectinginterlocking – leading to other places
A felled log across a stream can provide a temporary bridge, while a feat of engineering in the form of a suspension bridge can make a bold statement of welcome across a dramatic ravine. Bridges connect people; they can lead to other places or be a destination in themselves, but most importantly, they must be securely anchored at each end.
I find that these anchored pillars create a tension at opposite ends of the span, and this tension forms the basis of my series of abstracts.
The Mount series
#timeandtide – metamorphosis
Although now cold, some craggy mountain structures were formed by volcanic action and were born from deep in the earth as white-hot lava flowed to the surface. Worn down thousands of years later into smaller rounded shapes by icy glaciers, the mount that remains is a pleasingly shaped structure – a mere shadow of its former self, yet still resisting its ultimate fate.
Mounts are the inspiration for an abstract series which suggests birth, metamorphosis, and present state.
