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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


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


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


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


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


Edinburgh Art Fair 17-20 November 2022
Hello Edinburgh Art Fair Visitors! I'm delighted to be showing new work with the The Darryl Nantais Gallery Ltd at the Edinburgh Art...
peter corr
Oct 11, 2022


Free Entry - Art Exhibition in Cambridge with Artist Peter Corr
Looking for things to do this weekend in Cambridge? Well, look no further, Cambridge Open Art Exhibition starts this weekend, there will...
peter corr
Oct 9, 2022


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


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...
peter corr
Aug 7, 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


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


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
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