Peter Clossick NEAC

Statement

Refreshingly, Peter Clossick is not one of those many contemporary artists who have been seduced by fashion and are eager for accolades. "My concern is for an aesthetic language", he says, "not thinking about ownership of the idea but recycling and giving back. Nothing I have done is new for the sake of being new". For him, the value of painting is essentially about self-development: "My aim is to learn something, make some progress and understand more about my practise".

Oliver Lange, Artist Magazine 2010

Methodology

The former London Group president is a man seemingly in love with paint as both a substance and a subject. So oils are generously applied in a series of confident, purposeful strokes. Similarly, the colours are drawn from all corners of his palette, yet appear to sing in harmony and discord with one another across the course of the canvas." 

Steve Pill, editor Artist & Illustrator 2016

Bio

1948   Born in Kings College hospital, London

1962   Attended evening Life Classes at the Working Men's College

1966 to 1969   Leicester Polytechnic

1969 to 1973   Free-lance Fashion Shoe Designer

1974 to 1978   Camberwell School of Art

1978 to 1979   University of London, Goldsmiths' College

Peter’s art has been exhibited in John Moores 17, Mall Galleries, Whitechapel Open, The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Amsterdam, America and Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and has been awarded prizes in the Lynn Painter-Stainers exhibition. His work has been included in several publications, solo exhibitions and many group shows.

Memberships

Elected member of the London Group 1999

President of the London Group 2000-2005

Elected Freeman of the Painter-Stainers Guild 2012

Member of Painter-Stainers Fine Art Society

Member of the Arborealist Group