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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


'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


Art Exhibition - Paintings by Peter Corr
OPENS: 10th June - 7th July 2023 THE DARRYL NANTAIS GALLERY 59 High Street, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4HS Please join us at our Linton...
peter corr
Jun 3, 2023


The Death of Painting? It's time to talk about AI
They have been announcing the death of painting for centuries. Since the invention of printing back in the Han dynasty (about 100 AD)...
peter corr
Feb 23, 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


Painting and how to kick-start your creativity
Find sections on: Art Block Take Risks Try New Materials Developing Skills Cold Wax Oil Painting 'Earth Stood Hard as Iron' Read more:...
peter corr
Jan 4, 2023


Zen and The Art of Cold Wax Painting
Zen and The Art of Cold Wax Painting Personal Rewards of Painting Modern Life vs Painting Physical Act of Making Where does Cold Wax fit...
peter corr
Nov 2, 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


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


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


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


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


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


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
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