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Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting: 'White Water' by Peter Corr
A Minimalist abstract painting based on water and clouds
peter corr
Oct 1, 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


Cambridge Open Studios – open this weekend
July 10 th – July 11th 11 am to 6pm Come and visit my working studio in Ely this weekend. I am studio 120 in the Cambridge Open Studios...
peter corr
Jul 10, 2021


Fields, Rivers and Dreams. Flying high above the landscape.
This is a painting in acrylic and mixed media. It is an imaginative interpretation of the Cambridgeshire Fenland. A patchwork quilt of...
peter corr
May 25, 2021


Fenland Landscape in Bitumen, Cold Wax, Plaster, Sand, Enamel, Pumice & Emulsion.
In painting, unconventional materials generate unexpected effects and unpredictable outcomes. They interact in interesting ways. The...
peter corr
May 16, 2021


IEA Exhibition
The Institute of East Anglian Artists Open Exhibition 2021 The Institute of East Anglian Artists Open Exhibition is held annually at...
peter corr
May 14, 2021


Original Oil Wax Painting - Reflections in The New Forest
This is a cold wax mixed media painting on a high quality canvas frame. It is based on my recent artist residency in the New Forest in...
peter corr
Apr 20, 2021


Futurism and Dance is the way Forward
Acrylic on Canvas 150 x 100 cm Detail This is a large acrylic work exploring the possibility of creating the illusion of movement in...
peter corr
Mar 11, 2021


Sliding across the Canvas. Abstraction and Gestural Painting with Acrylic Mediums
100 x 150 cm Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 150 cm Acrylic on Canvas (detail) A day in the life of a large-scale abstract painting. This is...
peter corr
Feb 26, 2021


The Blind Leading The Blind, Pieter Bruegel (The Elder)
Pieter Bruegel (The Elder) a Flemish Renaissance painter was undoubtedly a visionary artist……..this work on linen was completed in 1568....
peter corr
Dec 28, 2020


A medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley or muddl
‘Patchwork’ 40 x 51 cm Acrylic on 300 gsm paper ‘Patchwork’ Detail Language is a wonderful invention, the moment we are presented with a...
peter corr
Dec 21, 2020


The Drama and Power of saturated Complementary Colour
As Winter relentlessly approaches I return to the world of fully saturated colour to reprise the warmth and light of the sun. Colour...
peter corr
Nov 4, 2020


The Italian painter Umberto Boccioni died after falling from his horse in 1916. He was 33 years old.
‘Elasticity’ Umberto Boccioini Museo del Novecento ‘Elasticity’ Umberto Boccioini Museo del Novecento It would be a minor miracle to...
peter corr
Oct 27, 2020


‘Counterpoint’ A Painting Inspired by Music
This is a painting about music, rhythm and the rich aural textures and the timbre of sound. The chords and colours of the painting...
peter corr
Aug 24, 2020


Abstract Painting in Acrylic
‘Carnival’ 100 100 x 4 cm on Canvas This painting is part of the geometric tradition of abstraction and is reminiscent of the ‘hard edge’...
peter corr
Aug 16, 2020


The Babylon Gallery Summer Art Exhibition
‘Half Moon’ 60 x 60 x 4 cm on Canvas My painting ‘Half Moon’, currently on exhibition at the Babylon Gallery in Ely has just been...
peter corr
Aug 4, 2020


Somersham Fen and the symbolism of colour
Somersham Fen 40 x 40 x 4 cm This painting based on Somersham Fen has been created using oil and cold wax medium on a canvas stretcher....
peter corr
Jul 19, 2020


In photography, we are inevitably influenced by what we have already seen
‘Sienna’s World’ Anglesey Abbey ‘Christina’s World’ Andrew Wyeth The black and white photograph of my granddaughter was taken at...
peter corr
Jul 12, 2020


Arcadia by Peter Corr
‘Arcadia’ by Peter Corr 122 x 92cm This is a large oil painting on a 122 x 92 cm canvas. It is semi abstract and expressionistic in terms...
peter corr
Nov 7, 2018
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