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What effect does the addition of cold wax medium have on an oil painting?
Using cold wax medium with oil paint to create a forest
peter corr
Jan 20, 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


How long does it take to create a painting? 50 Hours or 50 Years?
Blog Sections: How long does it take to create a painting? Photography Influences German Artist Gerhardt Richter My Own Artwork 'The Lie...
peter corr
Sep 26, 2023


Fresh: Art Fair Special Event! Peter Corr Demonstrates Approach To Painting Live
I will be joining the exciting programme of artist demonstrations, taking place in the two studios on the balcony. This will be a great...
peter corr
Mar 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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
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