exhibitions

Peter Brown’s next one-man show brings together his most recent oil paintings of his home town of Bath, as well as a selection of interiors and images painted on his travels. Images and more details soon . . .

Peter Brown’s 2019 Messums solo show consisted of 45 new paintings of his London street scenes, landscapes of East Anglia and his latest passion: the interiors of his home and studio in Bath featuring his family. View the exhibition online.  

New York, Havana, Vietnam, India, Tuscany . . . and not so far . . . a Christmas exhibition at the artist’s home with mulled wine and mince pies. Peter has put together an exhibition of his new work from recent travels and work from the past, opening up his studio to show work in progress, sketchbooks and give visitors some idea of how he works. Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December 2018, 10am-4pm.

Thirty paintings selected from Peter’s travels in the last two years: Havana, New York, Vietnam and closer to home: London and a touch of the Dorset coast. Paintings can be viewed here but to view and purchase please visit the Gallery’s website.

‘Peter Brown’s recent journeying in East Anglia, producing a series of new paintings from Norfolk down to Essex, has revealed a natural afinity for landscape that might surprise those more used to his well-known city scenes… The ultimate destination of Peter Brown’s journey across Norfolk, down through Suffolk and on to Essex, is London. The East Anglian paintings in the artist’s new exhibition find their ideal accompaniment in a group of his renowned street scenes, busy with fascinating social observation, and alive with sparkling light, and Brown’s characteristic rain-wet pavements.’

This is an exhibition of paintings and drawings of Peter’s travels to France, Spain, India, Ireland and closer to home: London and Glastonbury Festival based around 86 works of his adopted home city of Bath. The show includes oil paintings, charcoal drawings and works on paper.

Peter’s largest show of London paintings to date marking the launch of his London Book. 70 paintings concentrating on Piccadilly and the Westend in sun and rain and Peter’s new passion – night. Two centre pieces of Piccadilly Circus are his largest works to date. Many of the paintings in the book feature here. View the video.

In February this year Pete, Ken Howard and Patrick Cullen spent just over a week painting in Varanasi. Neale Worley filmed the three of them painting in India’s holiest city and the DVD will be launched at the exhibition. Here Pete is showing 24 oils painted over those 7 days alongside the work produced by Ken, Patrick and Neale.

An exhibition by invitation of small oil sketches (postcards) and works on paper in the artist’s family home over a weekend in December with homemade mince pies and mulled wine.

An exhibition of around 73 canvases of London, Paris, The South Coast of England and the Brittany coast.

This is Peter’s 6th one man exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery in his adopted home city of Bath. Painted over two and a half years the 104 exhibits consisting of oils and drawings demonstrating his enduring love of the place in which he lives.

An exhibition of 182 oil paintings. From the catalogue introduction written by David Mesum: Most of these are of sites throughout London and the West Country, but several also capture views of Barcelona and the Loire valley. Painted over the better part of two years, all the while making notes of his working methods, the challenges and pitfalls of working en plein-air, his routes and routines, his family life, and his various encounters with people throughout, Pete Brown’s latest collection of work give us wonderful insights into one of Britain’s most talented landscape painters.

In October 2012 Peter was asked by fellow painter and friend Patrick Cullen if he would like to join him and 4 others on a trip to India. Although Peter always prefers to work alone he thought he would give it a go. In February 2012 he joined his colleagues for 6 days. He found it hugely inspirational and a year later returned with 3 of the original group and 3 others this time for two weeks. Fascinated by the life of Udaipur, the ‘Lake City’ of Rajasthan, he set up in the frenetic city streets painting through the days and enjoying rooftop meals, beer and conversations with his fellow travellers at night. The three weeks he spent there chronicled in the 56 paintings and his sketch book notes culminate in this exhibition and accompanying book My Indian Travels. A further 10 oils will be shown in a group exhibition with Ken Howard, James Horton, Patrick Cullen and George devlin at the Tryon Gallery from 14th May – 31st May.

This show tracks a year of Peter’s painting resulting in 113 works. The majority are rapidly worked oils on board and along with the previous Bath Between the Snows exhibition they demonstrate a marked development of technique and fluency in his touch. The show was accompanied by a beautiful catalogue annotated by his thoughts and recollections of those days he did them.

2010 began and ended, in Bath as in much of the country, with snow. This exhibition shows the oils, charcoals, pastels and inks Peter produced in that time still inspired by his adopted home city. It starts in snow and ends in snow and between the snow he paints the sun rain and wind but also the life in his home in Weston.

71 oils of London. These works celebrate a modern city that knows how to work hard and play hard.

75 oils of London and Bath in the sun, rain and snow.

84 oils of London, Bath and that most quintessentially English of locations, the seaside holiday resort.

84 oils of London and beyond. Includes pictures of London and some coastal paintings of East Devon

When you select paintings for the NEAC Annual Exhibition, you choose your very best as you know you will be exhibited amongst the finest figurative painters in this country today.

CAPTURING THE MOMENT will feature more than 200 original paintings by 27 contemporary British artists, working in a wide range of locations from wide, open beaches to the urban landscapes of the city. Each painting featured will have its origins based outside; some will have been finished on site and some finished in the studio. Every painting strives to capture the essence of the landscape in which it is based. It is the first exhibition by the newly formed collective British Plein Air and promises to be one the most exciting exhibitions to be held in 2018. These are Peter’s 6!

When you select paintings for the NEAC Open you chose your very best as you know you will be exhibited amongst the best figurative painters in this country today. His selection includes ‘Ned Drawing on the Studio Floor’ which was awarded the ‘Critic’s Choice’ prize.

Peter shows in the group exhibition at Mary Yapp’s Albany Gallery in Cardiff alongside Andrew Douglas- Forbes, Mike Jones, Euan McGregor, William Selwyn, Peter Wileman and Kyffin Williams RA.

Peter is showing 4 pictures of the children in the society’s show this year.