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Contemporary Art Blog


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...
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Jan 30, 2024


Mastering Cold Wax Painting: Tips for Adding Intricate Detail
As an artist, it is important to consider the appropriate level of detail for a particular work. Although including intricate fine detail ca
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Jan 23, 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
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Jan 10, 2024


New and Returning Artists at Edinburgh Art Fair 16 - 19 November 2023
EDINBURGH ART FAIR: Location Opening Times/Dates Artists Complimentary Tickets New Artists I will be exhibiting at the Edinburgh Art...
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Nov 8, 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
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Jan 31, 2023
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...
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Sep 21, 2022


Is painting similar to Irish dancing, but upside down?
Cold wax landscape painting techniques
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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...
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Aug 7, 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...
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Apr 5, 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...
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Dec 29, 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..
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Dec 18, 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...
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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 blog...
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Dec 2, 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...
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Nov 22, 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
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Nov 12, 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...
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Oct 11, 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
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Sep 26, 2021


'Westmoor' 100 x 150 cm A Fenland Landscape Painting in Acrylic
A Fenland Landscape Painting by Peter Corr
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Sep 20, 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...
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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...
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Sep 5, 2021
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