Peter Davis RSW

Works

Peter Davis RSW
Brim-Stew
Watercolour & chalk on paper
50 x 70 cm
Framed 69 x 88 cm

Peter Davis RSW, Brim-Stew

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Biography

Born in the North-East of England in 1953, Peter completed an Art and Design course at Northumberland College of Education and after that taught in Cumbria.
In 1981 he moved to Orkney where he set up his own studio and gallery in Birsay, additionally teaching art to adults and children.
Ten years later he moved to Shetland where his studio is based today. He has had numerous exhibitions both in the UK and overseas, and taken part in an artists' exchange programme to the Netherlands experimenting with printmaking and sculpture.

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Question & Answer with PETER DAVIS
Shetland based Peter Davis talks to us about his stunning watercolours and his unorthodox techniques... May 12, 2021
Have you always known that you wanted to be an artist In 1969 I was taken as a sixteen year old to an exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle of the work of Claude Lorrain. The impact those paintings had on me is as strong today as it was then, particularly with regard to landscape painting. The sense of balance, proportion and use of natural colour and light made me want to physically be in those paintings. The next best thing was to go out and paint landscapes....
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Peter Davis RSW

Question & Answer with PETER DAVIS