Biography
Hi. My name’s Pete. I’m a self-taught artist living and working in Cornwall UK. Originally from Staffordshire, I moved to Cornwall in 1997 with my job as a Telecoms Engineer. Now retired, I took up painting again after a long period of inactivity. I first laid brush to paper in the 70’s when I bought a small book by the artist John Blockley on watercolour. Although I’ve been painting for many years, there have been massive gaps in between sessions due to other commitments – mainly work related. The last time I painted before was 2003 – many years ago! I took early retirement from the Telecoms industry in 2014. Artists I admire are – Geoff Kersey, Terry Harrison, John Blockley, Ron Ranson, David Bellamy and Rowland Hilder amongst many others. I particularly love the contra-jour styles of Joseph Zbukvic, Alvaro Castagnet, Thomas Schaller. I paint mainly in watercolour, but I also use acrylics, pastels and oils from time to time. If you are interested in following my work then please click the ‘Follow Me’ link to subscribe to my mailing list.
I now have a YouTube channel where I post demonstrations and tutorials on watercolour painting. If you are interested in the process of painting then pop along to YouTube to see what I get up to.
Thanks for your interest.
Happy painting everyone.
Pete.
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