Peter is a professional artist based in a small village in north Cumbria, having relocated from Lancashire in 2020. With more than 40 years as a professional artist, he has exhibited extensively throughout the UK, including at Kensington Palace and the Tate Gallery Garden Pavilion.
Inspired by his surroundings in the Lake District, Peter’s work reflects his enduring love of wildlife, landscape and the human figure. Working predominantly in oils and acrylics, his style and painting technique have continually evolved throughout his career. While his earlier work focused on capturing his surroundings as accurately as possible, his approach has developed towards using his own distinctive style to convey something beyond what is simply seen — the feeling, atmosphere and character of a place, as well as the personality and spirit of the people and animals that inhabit it.
Today, Peter is particularly interested in capturing the changing moods of the Lake District landscape, from its quiet, subtle moments to the drama and energy created by its ever-changing light and weather.
His paintings aim not simply to depict the landscape, but to communicate something of the experience of being there.
Peter regularly sketches and paints on location, observing his subjects first-hand and gathering the impressions, colours and details that form an essential foundation for his studio paintings. His work is rooted in a strong sense of place, bringing together more than four decades of experience with his appreciation of the natural world and the distinctive character of the Lake District.
Grit & Rain
Nocturne
Storm, Allonby
Lakeland Rescue
Sailboats, Ullswater
The Faithful Partner
Stickle Tarn
Storm Rescue