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Free Entry - Art Exhibition in Cambridge with Artist Peter Corr
Looking for things to do this weekend in Cambridge? Well, look no further, Cambridge Open Art Exhibition starts this weekend, there will...
peter corr
Oct 9, 2022


See my New Paintings at The Edinburgh Art Fair 2022, Thursday 17th - Sunday 20th November 2022.
This November I am delighted to be showing new work with the Darryl Nantais Gallery at the Edinburgh Art Fair. The EAF is an...
peter corr
Sep 21, 2022


Painting workshop Introducing Oil and Cold Wax with Peter Corr
SPECIAL ONE DAY ART WORKSHOP! 'An introduction to Painting with Oil and Cold Wax Medium with artist and teacher Peter Corr' Location:...
peter corr
Sep 7, 2022


Is painting similar to Irish dancing, but upside down?
Cold wax landscape painting techniques
peter corr
Aug 29, 2022


How to create a dynamic surface painting with oil & cold wax?
Cold wax is a versatile and forgiving painting medium. The essential characteristic of cold wax is the ability to respond quickly to...
peter corr
Aug 7, 2022


Meet local Cambridge artist
Peter Corr is an emerging contemporary abstract landscape artist based in Cambridgeshire, UK. He has exhibited his large oil paintings...
peter corr
Jul 30, 2022


The beauty of imperfection in landscape paintings.
The more I paint images of the forest, the more I see forests and trees as a cypher, a kind of encoding, a representation of something...
peter corr
Jul 30, 2022


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


What is cold wax medium?
WHY USE COLD WAX MEDIUM? WHAT IS COLD WAX MEDIUM? USING FLUID COLD WAX MEDIUM DRYING PROCEDURES SEE MY PAINTINGS IN PERSON SUBSCRIBE...
peter corr
Jul 4, 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


Book publisher looks for dark images of the Fenlands and look who he finds!
'Debris' Book by Andrew Humphrey 'A Punch to the Heart' Book by Andrew Humphrey 'Fenland' A book of landscape photography by Peter Corr...
peter corr
May 2, 2022


Is Cubism at the heart of all contemporary painting?
Twitter or Instagram, I'd like to hear your thoughts and ideas. Blog Sections: Is Cubism at the heart of all contemporary painting?...
peter corr
Apr 30, 2022


The Northern School of Painting
Below is a new painting, titled 'Tree Line', 100 x 100 cm made with oil and wax on canvas. Art Blog Sections: Visiting the North of...
peter corr
Apr 5, 2022


Who owns England? Painting a Stolen View
Inspiration and Meaning Behind the Painting Artist Residency - Little Van Gogh View Painting in Home Interior Who owns England? -...
peter corr
Mar 11, 2022


Modern Art gives birth to itself, says contemporary artist
Hello and welcome to my contemporary Art blog. An inspirational goal for many artists is to make paintings that create themselves. Fun...
peter corr
Feb 17, 2022


Cyclist Paints British Countryside - New Oil Painting titled 'A Joy Division'
Inspiration and Meaning behind the Painting Materials Used, Size of Artwork and Painting Technique How To Title A Painting Subscribe To...
peter corr
Feb 4, 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


Fenland Images and Photography Book Available
Followers of this blog will have an idea about the number of photographs I have taken of the Cambridgeshire Fenlands. Most of the...
peter corr
Dec 30, 2021


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


Art and Exhibitions in Cambridge
This painting was seen in my ‘Cambridge Envisaged’ exhibition in autumn of 2016 in the centre of Cambridge University.
peter corr
Dec 20, 2021


Painting the Fenlands - Original Artwork 'Between Worlds' Painted by Peter Corr
Damien Hirst used formaldehyde; he would have been better served by an eco-friendly peat bog. 'Between Worlds' abstract Fenland painting..
peter corr
Dec 18, 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
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