#fenlands

Apr 1, 2021

The Cambridgeshire Fenlands during the Winter of 2020/21, at the height of the COVID -19 pandemic.

Fenland By Peter M Corr Book Preview Followers of this blog will have an idea about the number of photographs I have taken of the...

Mar 2, 2021

Two Fenland houses on Ten Mile Bank reminded me of a famous photograph taken by Diane Arbus.

Two Houses on Ten Mile Bank Fenlands Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967 Diane Arbus Don’t worry, I’m not claiming to have...

Feb 6, 2021

Bram Stoker would have loved Ely Cathedral in the Winter

Ely Cathedral from the River Great Ouse Bram Stoker was inspired by Whitby Abbey to write the story of Count Dracula. Had he visited Ely...

Feb 4, 2021

Abandoned Farmhouse near Chatteris

Abandoned Farmhouse at Curf Fen Drove, Chatteris The Fenland has visual riches in abundance, but these treasures are easily overlooked or...

Jan 27, 2021

The Ouse Washes

The Ouse Washes in Flood ‘The Ouse Washes are part of a flood defense system. They are an uninhabited area of nearly six thousand acres...

Jan 20, 2021

The House at Southery

A House on the outskirts of Southery, Norfolk In the Fenlands, a house is a mute record, a repository of thoughts, memories, and lives...

Jan 19, 2021

An American Road Movie in Monochrome

This is an archetypal Fenland landscape, just near Gold Hill, close to the Old Bedford River. There are no physical hills in the Fenlands...

Jan 18, 2021

Telegraph Pole and Tree

The Fenland landscape belongs to Winter. In football terms, Summer relegates the Fenlands to the third division or possibly a non-league...

Oct 18, 2020

The versatility of Oil and Cold Wax Medium

Abstract Landscape painting using cold wax medium Artists are always searching for new materials and different ways of representing their...

Jul 7, 2020

Neu Wald, an oil and cold wax painting on wood, by Peter Corr

‘Neu Wald’ This highly textured painting on a solid oak block has just been sold to a collector in Scotland. Oak has a very dense grain...

Jan 26, 2019

Paintings of the New Forest by artist Peter Corr

I have just been working on a commission based on one of my recent New Forest paintings. It has taken over two months from start to...

Oil & Cold Wax Painting Techniques