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Contemporary Art Blog


Peter Corr's latest paintings are to be showcased at the Manchester Art Fair!
Peter Corr at The Manchester Art Fair
Friday Evening Preview Ticket
Friday 15 November 2024, 5-9pm
peter corr
Nov 11, 2024


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


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
peter corr
Jan 10, 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


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...
peter corr
Sep 21, 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting: 'White Water' by Peter Corr
A Minimalist abstract painting based on water and clouds
peter corr
Oct 1, 2021


Cambridge Open Studios – open this weekend
July 10 th – July 11th 11 am to 6pm Come and visit my working studio in Ely this weekend. I am studio 120 in the Cambridge Open Studios...
peter corr
Jul 10, 2021


Fields, Rivers and Dreams. Flying high above the landscape.
This is a painting in acrylic and mixed media. It is an imaginative interpretation of the Cambridgeshire Fenland. A patchwork quilt of...
peter corr
May 25, 2021


Abstract Landscape Painting, a form of reverse Archeology?
What do I mean by reverse archaeology? That archaeology may have something to offer painting is less complicated than you might imagine....
peter corr
Oct 8, 2020
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