Peter Brown PPNEAC PS RBA ROI

Statement

Pompous as it sounds, Peter has never felt more alive than when he is painting on the streets of places like London and India. He never knows what he’s going to paint until he gets there and even then the landscape changes in front of him.  Every day is an adventure in a small way. Peter does paint interiors and draws the kids from time to time but he has to be in front of his subject. The challenge for him is translating that 3D space full of noise, smell, colour and atmosphere and freezing it on a canvas.

Methodology

Peter works directly from life, be it in his home town of Bath, London, India, Spain, France and wherever his travels take him which is how he earned the nickname “Pete the Street”.  He works in Oil either on canvas board or paper and also Charcoal. His works range from 6 x 8 inches up to 60 x 80 inches. They are sometimes executed in one sitting but often he returns to the same spot at the same time of day and similar weather for as many goes as it takes. He works through all the seasons and in all weathers relishing the opportunities snow and rain offer as much as the heat of India or the sharp bright light of Spain. He refuses to use photographic reference.

His exhibitions are usually accompanied by publications cataloguing his experiences while working through his diary extracts.

Bio

1967 Born on 28 July, Reading.

1986 to 1987 Obtained Diploma in Art Foundation Studies (Commendation in Painting), Bath College Higher Education, Bath.

1987 to 1990 Studied for BA(Hons) Fine Art, 2:1, Manchester Polytechnic.

1992 to 1993 PGCE(FE), University of Greenwich.

1994 Returned to live in Bath.

1997 Elected as a Member of the Pastel Society and Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.

1998 Elected as Member of the New English Art Club.

2006 Artist in Residence, The Savoy Hotel, London

Memberships

Bath Society of Artists