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Contemporary Art Blog


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Schizophrenia and painting "time was not passing...it was turning in a circle."
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' 150 x 100 cm Oil on Canvas
peter corr
Nov 12, 2021


Contemporary Landscape Painting: Recognising and overcoming self-delusion
A landscape painting of Thetford Forest in oil and cold wax medium
peter corr
Nov 6, 2021


Fenland abstract painting - 'Material Culture' by Peter Corr
I have arrived at an interpretation of the Fenlands through working with materials and actually living here and experiencing the...
peter corr
Sep 5, 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


Pollarded Trees by the River Great Ouse stage a silent but powerful protest.
Willow Tree in Ely, Fenlands In the midst of a nightmare when trying to escape, to flee some dreadful event, no matter how much you...
peter corr
Feb 23, 2021
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