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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...
peter corr
Jan 30, 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 Fair...
peter corr
Nov 8, 2023


"Landscape Artworks: A Contemporary British Artist"
Peter Corr's Blog Post Sections: Contemporary British Artist Landscape Artwork: An Artistic Path A Forest Transformed: The Evolution of...
peter corr
Sep 4, 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


'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


‘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
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