A selection of original paintings from Britain.

Please contact Peter if you are interested in buying any of the original paintings, listed as “Available”, as they are still for sale. However, because of their varying sizes, fames, post and packing, etc, it is not possible to include all the options for buying on this website.

The original paintings shown as “Private Collection” have already been sold, but giclee prints of those paintings are still available, and can be ordered by adding them to your shopping basket on this website.

Ashness Bridge, Cumbria.

Peter and his wife Phyl spent numerous holidays in Cumbria, at Irton House Farm, where Peter produced most of his Cumbria paintings. This painting is now in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Wheelchair access to this scene was particularly difficult, but while we were on holiday we met up with Garry, a good friend from Patchings, who recommended that we visited Ashness as a potential subject for this painting. With his help, the journey was well worth the effort and I really enjoyed working on this painting.

Skidaw, from Irton House, Cumbria.

Peter and his wife Phyl spent numerous enjoyable holidays in Cumbria, at Irton House Farm, where Peter produced most of his Cumbria paintings, such as this one. This painting is now in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Peter has painted Skiddaw from Irton Farm many times, in oils and pastels, but each one is always different from the others. Eventually, he decided that it was time to find another location to study the mountain. After numerous attempts, driving all around the area over many visits, Peter concluded that there was no better view than the one from Irton Hose Farm, and he has happily continued painting Skiddaw from there ever since!

Bassenthwaite Lake, from Irton House, Cumbria.

Peter and his wife Phyl spent numerous enjoyable holidays in Cumbria, at Irton House Farm, where Peter produced most of his Lake District paintings, such as this one. This painting is now in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

This is probably one of the best places to look from the north of the Lake District, down the full length of Bassenthwite Lake, to the distant mountains in the centre of this spectacular area. Irton House Farm also seems to have its own micro-climate, as we have often had sunshine for days on end while the rest of the Lake District was having heavy rain.

Bassenthwaite Lake, from Whinlatter Pass.

This original pastel painting is now ina Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

This view was looking north, towards Bassenthwaite Lake, from the Whinlatter Pass. That is an enjoyable area to visit and it was also the place where we spent many enjoyable hours watching the nesting Osprey, with their regular fish-hunting trips over and around Bassenthwaite Lake.

Skiddaw can be seen in the distance, to the right of the painting, and Irton House Farm is about half-way up the distant hills in the centre of the painting.

Truro Cathedral at Night, Cornwall.

We have been visiting our son, daughter-in-law and three Grandchildren in Cornwall, several times a year, for the last twenty years. This original oil painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

On one of our many visits, I decided to produce a painting of Truro Cathedral at Night, probably because I had enjoyed painting Lincoln Cathedral at Night so much! However, the Cathedrals are completely different, with Truro being far more modern, and smaller, than Lincoln. Trying to find a good vantage point is always a challenge, but in this case I opted for a carpark giving me the view that I wanted.

After painting this scene, I decided to paint another view of the Cathedral, from the south, looking across the river.

Blakney Harbour, Norfolk.

We lived in Norfolk for seven years and the Norfolk coast is still one of our favourite places. This original oil painting is now in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

The idea for this painting gradually evolved over about a year. The Patchings Farm Art Club had a one day painting trip to Norfolk and I decided to take my pastels with me for the day. We knew Blakney Harbour well, from previous visits, so I soon selected the place where I would paint for the day with my pastels. It was an enjoyable day and the finished pastel was stored away in my folder of sketches. The following year, because we all enjoyed it so much, we returned to Blakney for a long weekend. I decided to take my canvas and oil paints this time and set up in the same place, painting each day.

Calverton Mine, from Patchings, Nottinghamshire.

This coal mine has now dissapeared, but the original oil painting was worked on from the adjacent Patchings Farm Art Center. The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Patchings has just celebrated its 20th birthday and I’m pleased that I was a member of their club for the first ten years. I had hoped to take a Fine Art degree, after I took compulsary retirement, but there was no wheelchair access to the University in Lincoln at that time. Therefore, being a member of the Patching Art Club helped to fill an important stage in my early retirement plans.

Bingham Butter-Cross, Nottinghamshire.

The original oil painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

This was one of my two paintings of the Bingham Buttercross. The first one was painted for my brother Richard, to help raise funds for the Bingham Bowls Club. The second one was a present to Richard and Jacky.

 Bingham is a thriving, expanding market town of approximately 10,000 population in the East Midlands, about ten miles due east of Nottingham at the junction of the A52 and A46 (Fosse Way). The nearest towns are Nottingham to the west, Newark to the north-east, Grantham to the east, and Leicester and Melton Mowbray to the south. Bingham is on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir in the Nottinghamshire Borough of Rushcliffe.

Glen Affric, Scotland.

Glen Affric, Scotland

This original oil painting is still available and is from one of our many memorable holidays in Scotland. Giclee prints are available, as well as the original painting.

Many people come each year to enjoy the beauty of Glen Affric. However it is sometimes difficult to balance the needs of visitors with the delicate environment of the area. As such, the Forestry Commission has at times appeared reluctant to promote the glen, but they have provided a range of visitor facilities. The only public road into Glen Affric is a single-track road from near Cannich. This road, some 10 miles long, has three car parks at Dog Falls, Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin and at the River Affric which is where vehicle access ends.

Japanese Garden, Nottinghamshire.

This is one of three painting of the wonderful Japanese garden in Nottinghamshire. All three painting are now in Private Collections, but this image is still available as a giclee.

The Pureland Japanese Garden and Meditation Centre is a remarkable place. It is a uniquely beautiful garden, and also the home of Buddha Maitreya (pronounced ‘My-treeya’), a spiritual teacher and creator of this wonderful space. The Pureland garden reflects Maitreya’s approach to meditation and philosophy, in which he teaches self-awareness, peace, and harmony with nature.

Buddha Maitreya acquired the land in 1973. It was then one and a half acres of flat wasteland – the site of an old farm house. Maitreya has since transformed the space into an extraordinary venue, for people who seek peace and well-being, to discover more about themselves, or for others who simply enjoy visiting beautiful gardens. Peter produced his three paintings in the mid 1990′s and two of them were bought by Maitreya.

Pine Trees, Scotland.

This is another relaxing scene from one of our holidays in Scotland. The origial painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Although Peter and his family spent several holidays in Scotland, the most memorable times were spent on ornithological expeditions in the north-west of the country,  between 1988 and 1990.

Peter lead two expeditions to this remote area to help gather information on breeding birds for the British Trust for Ornithlogy (BTO). That was part of a comprehensive study, across the whole British Isles, which resulted in the production of “The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland:1988 – 1991″.

Flushing – Falmouth Ferry, Cornwall:

 This original oil painting is still available, as well as giclee prints.

This particular painting was inspired when we woke up one bright morning to find a fine sprinkling of snow on the village of Flushing, the other side of the water from us, in Falmouth. The small ferry dashed across the water, many times a day, carrying foot-passengers backwards and forwards.

We were staying in our friend’s appartment in Falmouth and it had the most spectacular views from their windows, whatever time of the day, or season of the year. We would sit in bed in the mornings, with a cup of tea, and watch the harbour master on his regular trips up and down the water, feeding the swans before breakfast. Happy memories!

Mullion Cove, Cornwall:

This original oil painting is still available, as well as giclee prints.

Cornwall holidaymakers often miss the beauty of the Lizard and Lizard point, heading instead straight to St Michael’s Mount and off to the West and Land’s End. Do this and you’re missing one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Cornwall! Both the west and east coasts of the Lizard offer a choice of idyllic beaches, particularly on the west at one of our favourite spots, Mullion Cove, north of the point and the Lizard Lighthouse. Rugged and dramatic landscapes are on the menu on the lower west coast of the Lizard, whilst on the east side discover some magical fishing villages such as Cadgwith.

Botallack Mine, Cornwall:

After many years of searching for a suitable disused Cornish mine for me to paint, I eventually settled on this dramatic ruin, perched on the rocky coast.

Botallack Mine is situated in the St Just Mining District, one of the most ancient hard-rock tin and copper mining areas in Cornwall. Here the majority of principal sites lie within a well-defined spectacular coastal belt 3.5 miles long by approximately 1.25 miles wide. Copper and tin has been won here for countless generations, with records going back to 1721, and miners have even sunk shafts and driven levels out beneath the ocean bed. These are the world famous submarine mines.

Walking around Botallack is now a peaceful experience, especially in spring when wildflowers adorn the cliffs. Many fathoms underground, and in tunnels out under the sea, miners – often father and son – toiled to break the ore. Hand-drilling shot holes for blasting with gunpowder, and working the narrow ‘stopes’ with hammer and ‘picker’, the work was hard and dangerous. But mining was the life-blood of the St Just area and hundreds of families depended on this ancient industry 

Truro Cathedral from Boscawen, Cornwall:

 The original oil painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Boscawen Park, by the side of the Truro River, and next door to Truro Cricket Club, is the city’s main open space with tennis courts, cricket, and football pitches. Here children can play in safety and adults can laze the afternoon away in idyllic surroundings. Opposite the park is the lovely Duck Pond where you can take a relaxing stroll around its perimeter.