You can now buy prints and greetings cards of Peter’s paintings on this updated website, using Paypal. Small giclee prints, in good quality mounts, can now be ordered for most of Peter’s paintings shown in the main gallery.

There are also larger giclee prints available from some of Peter’s paintings, as well as Limited Edition Prints from three oil paintings of Lincoln. In addition, at present there are seven different greeting / letter cards available. Please see the Gallery Shop and Product Information for more details.

Peter’s last One Man exhibition was held in the Sam Scorer Gallery, in central Lincoln, during September and  October 2009. It was Peter’s eighth, and most successful, one man exhibition to date.

Peter will be having another exhibition of his paintings, drawings and prints in the Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln from o2 – 14 October 2012 .

Lincolnshire Open Studios / Art on the Map:

Peter will once again be taking part in the Lincolnshire Open Studios / Art on the Map events in  2012.

His Studi0 is at Beech Cottage, 4 Church Street, Scothern, Lincoln LN2 2UA (map).  Peter’s studio will be open to receive visitors on 5th /6th, 9th and 12th / 13th May 2012, from 10.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m. Peter will also open his studio at any other time of the year by appointment.

Lincolnshire Open Studios is a county wide event offering the opportunity to visit studios and see work where it is made and even while it is being done. Whether you are interested in arts or crafts, commissioning a new work, buying a special item… there is bound to be something for you.

Visit http://www.artonthemap.org.uk to find out more and to view all the artists studios.

The Usher Gallery (Lincoln) usually run a one-week Master Class for artists once a year. Peter enjoyed all of those classes that he attended over the past five years, including topics such as Life Drawing, Colour (theory and practice), Portrait Painting, Etching, Dry Point, Landscape Painting and (in 2011) Wood-block Printing.

The following is a quick summary of the activities during  just one of those classes. In July 2007 the Usher Gallery, part of “The Collection” in Lincoln, organised a summer Master-Class on Landscape Painting. The tutor for the week was the distinguished painter Alan Parker.

Pictured right: Painting in the Usher Studio

The first two Days were spent painting a number of sketches on field trips to the ‘’real’’ part of Lincolnshire, i.e. the fens and a remote coastal area. The general theme chosen by Allan was painting Lincolnshire’s mountains – the clouds – of which we have an abundance!

Day one was spent on the banks of the River Slea, near South Kyme, and I selected a view looking across Heckington Fen towards Boston. The second day we were on the sea-bank at Frieston Shore, with spectacular views of clouds over the sea, looking across the Wash to Norfolk. Looking inland we had views over the lagoons and islands, recently produced by breaching the sea-wall to provide ideal breeding areas for our coastal birds.

Pictured above: Sketching at Heckington Fen

The next three days were spent back at the workshop in the Usher Gallery where we were encouraged to use our sketches to produce finished paintings on large canvases. Towards the end of the week Alan persuaded me to “hide’’ all of my small brushes and to use larger ones with a new (for me) medium called Spectragel. The results were much simpler and more spontaneous paintings, which made quite a change from my usual detailed style.

Pictured right: Sketching at Frieston Sea Banks

In summary, it was an excellent week which kick-started me back into painting full-time, after an enforced break of about three years, and I haven’t stopped since then! Other Master-Classes organised by the Usher Gallery, which I also attended in recent years, included colour theory, etching, portraits and printing. I can highly recommend these classes organised by the Usher Gallery.

Cover for "Have Wheels, Will Travel"

Peter decided to write his autobiography after an enforced break of three years from his painting (for medical reasons, after loosing his left eye). Initially, the idea was to write the book as a record for his three sons, and for his three Grandchildren.

However, it is possible that his book, ’Have Wheels Will Travel’ may have a wider appeal. After receiving recommendations from many friends and family, Peter is now considering producing a limited number of his book for sale to the public.