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Contemporary Art Blog


Narcolepsy and the Cambridgeshire Fenlands. 'Half Sleep'
‘Days stretched calm and plain to the horizon, as though we rose out of peat and will dwindle in a rumour of fog’ Words by Emma Danes....
peter corr
Dec 4, 2021


I wonder if Mark Rothko also painted with old ‘T shirts and cloths?
'Afterglow' 80 x 80 cm Acrylic on Canvas. This painting is part of my ‘Light’ series and is based on the landscape of the Cambridgeshire...
peter corr
Dec 3, 2021


Minimalist Art - Oil Painting for Sale
Close-ups of Artwork Titled 'Settlement' 100 x 30 x 4 cm Oil and Cold Wax Medium on Canvas Thank you for reading my contemporary art...
peter corr
Dec 2, 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


Themes in painting
This is an oil painting titled 'Archaeology of Thought' and it has been created on a cradled wooden board using cold wax medium. The cold...
peter corr
Nov 29, 2021


Painting with your iPhone or iPad?
You can apply paint with just about anything to hand, literally anything that will hold paint, but within reason of course. On Sky Arts...
peter corr
Nov 22, 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


Schizophrenia and painting "time was not passing...it was turning in a circle."
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' 150 x 100 cm Oil on Canvas
peter corr
Nov 12, 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


Studio Work in Development: Creating Texture & Tactile Surfaces
' The Archaeology of Thought' Oil and cold wax 60 x 60 cm
peter corr
Oct 20, 2021


My new artwork at the Battersea Art Fair 21st - 24th October 2021
This is a 100 x 100 cm mixed media abstract painting in oil and cold wax medium. It is inspired by the marshland, dykes, rivers and...
peter corr
Oct 11, 2021


'Embarkation Point' New work on show at the Battersea Art Fair 21st - 24th October 2021
This is a 60 x 60 cm mixed media abstract painting based on the Fenland landscape. For me, the land of the Cambridgeshire Fens is a 'will...
peter corr
Oct 10, 2021


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


'Red River' 100 x 70 cm on Canvas. A Fenland Landscape Painting in Crimson Lake
Red embodies an emotional power like no other colour and the associations for each individual are almost limitless. The materials used in th
peter corr
Sep 11, 2021


Painting with cold wax and enamels. 'The Gilded Age' 100 x 100 cm on Canvas.
This is a multi layered mixed media oil painting on a high quality canvas frame. This painting represents a development of my New Forest...
peter corr
Sep 7, 2021


Fenland abstract painting - 'Material Culture' by Peter Corr
I have arrived at an interpretation of the Fenlands through working with materials and actually living here and experiencing the...
peter corr
Sep 5, 2021


A landscape painting of the Cambridgeshire Fenland 'Ersatz Landen' by Peter Corr
A landscape painting of the Cambridgeshire Fenlands by the artist Peter Corr
peter corr
Aug 31, 2021


Creating Surface Texture in a Landscape Painting
The creation of texture in my paintings is a critical component of the work and I strive to achieve a rich and tactile surface. This is a...
peter corr
Aug 24, 2021


A Portrait of the Cambridgeshire Artist Peter Corr
You don't have to go into exile to become an artist as James Joyce suggested in his novel, and nor will you remain a young man forever....
peter corr
Aug 22, 2021


‘High White Fen’ A Landscape painting of the Cambridgeshire Fenlands
‘High White Fen’ 80 x 40 on Cradled Board (Detail ‘High White Fen’) Detail ‘ High White Fen’ If someone told you that a painting of a...
peter corr
Jul 30, 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


A Fenland Landscape in Cambridgeshire. ‘Westmoor’ From Pymoor towards Little Downham.
‘Westmoor’ 100 x 150 x 4cm ‘Westmoor’ (Detail) The Fens around Ely come to life with colour at this time of year. The intense yellow of...
peter corr
Jul 19, 2021
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