My name is Peter, I’m an artist and songwriter. I was born in Leytonstone, London in 1979.
In 2019 my wife and I left London and headed for her father’s ranch in Brazil, where we now live with our daughter, three dogs and a host of other animals. The ranch sits on the border of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states and is where I now make my works and record music.
Originally using found objects to make collage works, on moving to Brazil my art practice has centered more around painting, particularly larger scale and also digital works. Lately I’ve been combining the two, using old cut off canvas pieces that I’ve applied paint to and collaging them on canvas.
Musically too, living on a ranch has influenced my writing and also what I’m listening to and reading. A new found fascination with the story of the American West and the early pioneers has been synonymous with my life on the ranch, from horse-riding to cattle herding and living a remote life that is more connected to the land.
Back in 2015 I was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Award at Chelsea College of Art, graduating from the MA Fine Art course in 2016. A self-published book Thinking of You, Post cards:1948-2015 was included in the Tate Library & Archive collection in 2017. More recently I was in residence and had work included in a group show at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy and a series of Scratchcard paintings have been included in shows at Saatchi Gallery and Delphian Gallery, London.
I’m currently writing and producing songs under the band name Camino Day, with publishing through Jam Music.
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