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Contemporary Art Blog


Peter Corr's latest paintings are to be showcased at the Manchester Art Fair!
Peter Corr at The Manchester Art Fair
Friday Evening Preview Ticket
Friday 15 November 2024, 5-9pm
peter corr
Nov 11, 2024


Exploring the Fusion of Tradition and Contemporary: Landscape Painters - Gold Enamel and Gravity
Using gravity and motion as his tools, Jackson Pollock, also known as 'Jack the Dripper', created a new form of dynamic, expressive and...
peter corr
Jan 30, 2024


How do I use oil paint with cold wax medium?
What is Cold Wax Medium and how can I use it effectively in my oil paintings? Can I make my cold wax medium? Your questions answered
peter corr
Jan 10, 2024


'Emerald Vault' Peter Corr Painting Purchased by a collector from the Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, December 2023
Peter Corr Painting Sale This highly textured and imposing oil and cold wax large-scale painting has recently been purchased by a...
peter corr
Jan 3, 2024


A man-made painting of a man-made hill, using Cold Wax 'Mont Klamott"
This is the work currently in the studio. I have decided to produce a series of paintings based on the VolksPark in Berlin
peter corr
Jan 1, 2024


How long does it take to create a painting? 50 Hours or 50 Years?
Blog Sections: How long does it take to create a painting? Photography Influences German Artist Gerhardt Richter My Own Artwork 'The Lie...
peter corr
Sep 26, 2023


How artists can learn from Jeff Beck's guitar playing? Try jamming with a blackbird!
How to be creative with oil paint and cold wax. Using Jeff Becks guitar playing for inspiration
peter corr
Jan 31, 2023


How I create texture and tactile qualities with oil paint and cold wax medium!
Please do comment how you are getting on with painting with oil and cold wax medium and if you gleamed any insights from this blog post!
peter corr
Jul 22, 2022


I used to paint realistically
A celebration of seeing or the elimination of the self Why I don't paint realistically anymore. Upcoming Exhibitions and Art Fairs...
peter corr
May 26, 2022


Mike Tyson, the world renowned art critic? 'Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth'
THIS WEEK I am exhibiting artworks 5-8 May 2022 at the Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead, London. I have free tickets, contact me if you...
peter corr
May 3, 2022


New oil painting dripping in gold: inspiration and meaning behind 'Looking Glass World'
Inspiration and Meaning behind the Painting Materials Used, Size of Artwork and Painting Technique Art Buyers and Collectors: How To Buy...
peter corr
Jan 28, 2022


Hampstead Affordable Art Fair 5-8 May 2022 - Visit Stand 17
Collect Art on the stunning Hampstead Heath Visit my artwork at Stand 17 with Linton59 as seen in the picture below taken at the private...
peter corr
Jan 12, 2022


Oil and Cold Wax Painting - A painter's perspective
I have been painting with cold wax for several years now and in this art blog post offer advice on techniques and discuss how I use...
peter corr
Dec 29, 2021


Brian Cox and the rediscovery of why trees and forests have been a key theme in my work
Oil and Cold ax painting of a forest 100 x 150 cm on canvas
peter corr
Dec 9, 2021


What is the main purpose of painting?
I make art because it is a natural thing for me to do. To create pictures is to be involved in a strange, wonderful and mysterious...
peter corr
Nov 30, 2021


The space between painting and sculpture
Creating a sense of the third dimension in painting is a challenge, but there are different ways to render lo depth and recession....
peter corr
Nov 15, 2021


Contemporary Landscape Painting: Recognising and overcoming self-delusion
A landscape painting of Thetford Forest in oil and cold wax medium
peter corr
Nov 6, 2021


'Borderlands' A New Abstract Landscape Painting on show at the Battersea Affordable Art Fair
Borderlands. An abstract Landscape painting by Peter Corr. See his work at the Battersea Affordable Art Fair 21 - 24 October 21
peter corr
Sep 26, 2021


'Westmoor' 100 x 150 cm A Fenland Landscape Painting in Acrylic
A Fenland Landscape Painting by Peter Corr
peter corr
Sep 20, 2021


A landscape painting of Devil’s Dyke. Anglo Saxon Earthwork in Cambridgeshire.
‘Devil’s Dyke’ Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 130 x 4 cm Running along the top of Devil’s Dyke is a narrow causeway. At this time of year it is...
peter corr
Jul 26, 2021
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