Peter says: "Art, especially painting, is a part of my being, and as much needed for my well-being as food!
I enjoy working in multi mediums and being able to explore my feelings about the abstract and figurative by making a statement in any way or mixture that best suits the subject. The main bulk of my work possibly relating to impressionism, light, mood, atmosphere, the moment, materials, texture, image, dimensions. Being a natural teacher, film making and photography have enabled me to share these experiences, here and abroad, to a huge audience. I have been fortunate to have not only lived abroad, 8 years in the Aveyron, France, but also visit and been a resident artist in the USA, Quebec, New Zealand, Cuba, Barbados, Norway, Hebrides, Ireland, to mention a few, plus stately homes and venues in the U.K."

Peter now has a home base and studio near Brigg in North Lincolnshire, plus, for six years, had a second home and summer life, near to Fresselines, Creuse, where Monet himself used to paint. Among numerous other awards and achievements, between 2017 & 2022, he was accepted as an artist of the Creuse Valley, winning awards, exhibiting, judging and teaching.

Peter is a gifted teacher, working in almost any media or mixed media and can offer a wide variety of talks, demonstrations and workshops to groups across the UK. He also has a growing following and a plethora of videos on YouTube. Some of his most popular demonstrations include;
1. Water and Unison colour soft pastels
2. Soft pastels over watercolour and chinagraph pencil – Snow woodland. sunset, sunrise.
3. Soft pastels over wet in wet acrylic inks - street, café, flower gardens.
4. Traditional block and blend soft pastels – landscape, sea, poppies.
5. Painting from loose to tight; my jigsaw method, with heavy body acrylics.
6. Brush, stick and black Indian ink drawing - trees, woodland, landscape, beach - can be extended into tonal washes or watercolour washes.
7. Acrylics - Underpainting with brushes and working with painting knives over the surface.
8. Fat over lean painting, using heavy body acrylics, filberts, riggers and flats.
9. The use of a sponge roller for building an underpainting and flat brush, heavy body acrylic on top.
10. Texture painting - the use of making your own textures from every day materials.
11. Broken colour and impressionist methods

Please contact us or take a look at Peter’s website or his Youtube channel for further information and inspiration.

Offers: Demonstrations, Workshops, Talks, Appraisals/Critiques, Mini workshops, Presentations, Holidays, Online sessions

Media: Mixed mediums, acrylic inks, gold leaf, watercolour, oils, pastels, acrylics preferable to oils, soft pastels, basic photography and film making, texture, stick and brush and Indian ink, chinagraph pencil – watercolour – pastels, pencil drawing and charcoal, stencil and frisket masking, sponge rollers and acrylics, different methods with acrylic, underpainting, big brush, flats, filberts, rake, sea sponge, rigger, knife, fingers. Painting en plein air with acrylics using only paints and natural materials around to apply to canvas. Using spray paint cans to create a fantasy “space scene”

Subjects: Mainly landscape, beach, figures inside and outside in towns, marine, even undersea. Gardens and flowers, some still lives.

Talks: An English Impressionist in France; Pottery; Basic woodcarving; School projects; Renovation of medieval chapel plus many more - take a look at his YouTube channel for further inspiration

Will travel to: Based in Lincolnshire but will consider destinations Nationwide if expenses are paid.

peterwoodarts.com

Email: peterwood66@btinternet.com

Phone: 07491 150599