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Peter Barker RSMA

Peter Barker was born in 1954 in the Oxfordshire market town of Banbury where, as a boy, he spent most of his days immersed in the countryside, fishing and fervently observing wildlife and the beauty of his surroundings. It soon became apparent that he had a natural talent for drawing and painting. This passion was ignited further by a delightful and timeless book by author and artist Bernard Venables, ‘Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing’, and this became Peter’s bible.  From 1972 to 1983 he was side-tracked by a career as a golf professional, but returned to his inevitable vocation, and has now become a renowned and prolific painter of landscapes and wildlife. Peter paints mostly in oils, and occasionally pastels and watercolour, and is especially known for his life-like depiction of water, and ability to dash off astounding portrayals of tree foliage and vegetation with a large fan brush. He has exhibited with the Pastel Society, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of Marine Artists to which he was elected a full Member in 2015, and has won three awards at these prestigious annual exhibitions: the Frank Herring Award at the Pastel Society in 2006, and the Ranelagh Press award and the Stanley Grimm Prize at the ROI in 2009. Opening his own gallery has now given him the opportunity to be an integral part of the journey a painting takes from easel to newly appointed residence!

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181 products
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  • 8 x 12 inch oil painting of a bend on the River Welland near Duddington, snow on the ground, and watery sun just appearing through the clouds.
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  • 10 x 14 inch oil painting of a track through Great Langdale in the Lake District, with a large Oak tree on the left and distant blueish mountains ahead
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  • 7.5 x 10 inch oil painting of a deer hide at the top of a frosty ride through the wood, with an orangey sky.
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  • 12 x 17 inch oil painting of cattle grazing in meadows at Water Newton, above a bend in the river Nene, Autumn trees reflected in the water
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  • 6 x 8 inch oil painting of a blue boat resting on the lake at Patchings Art centre, painted en plein air in June, so lots of greenery abounding
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  • 7 x 10 inch oil painting of a sharp frost by the River Nene near Water Newton, with large trees on the far bank, reflected in the river, painted inn a loose, impressionistic style.
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  • A bend in the River Welland at Duddington, with snow on the foreground bank and a fierce sun breaking on the skyline of distant trees, and a Hawthorn bush on the far riverbank on the left.
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  • 9 x 12 inch oil painting depicting lowering light, with a brick cottage in the right background, with a light-coloured tree left of centre, a bank of dark bushy shrubs and ivy and bright yellow foliage in the foreground, and a Pheasant on the grass right mid-ground.
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  • 13 x 19 inch Pastel painting of the woodland above High Wray farm, with a stony path leading through, with bright Autumn coloured trees,many Silver Birches. The sun is glinting through trees in the mid right foreground.
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  • 12 x 9 portrait-shaped oil painting of a brick cottage with tall chimneys, at Clumber Park, with a path leading through the painting from the right foreground to the backdrop of trees.
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  • 10 x 14 inch oil of a track leading through brilliant, Autumn coloured trees, with a bright yellow Birch tree right of centre, with the blue fells in the distance.
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  • 11.5 x 16.5 inch oil painting of a path in Wray Forest, with the sun piercing through trees on the right of centre, with some birch trees on the left foreground.
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  • 10 x 17 inch landscape, with the white, sunlit High Wray Farm in the middle distance, with Windermere Lake in the distance and the blue distant mountains partly shrouded under cloud. Lots of Autumn-coloured trees abounding throughout.
    £1,275.00
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  • 13 x 19 inch Pastel of Rydal Water, partly hidden by groups of trees, with a backdrop of tree-clad fells.
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  • 10 x 14 inch oil of an ancient oak tree in Bradgate Park, set on the right foreground of the painting, with rocks to its right and in the distance, Lady Jane Grey's ruined residence.
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  • 14 x 20 inch oil painting of as the title says, working boats moored on the glistening mud, looking into the sunlight, with ropes in all directions.
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  • 17 x 23 inch oil painting of various boats in the middle distance, moored on the hard surface of Brancaster Staithe harbour, looking directly into the sunlight on a bright Winter's day, with the mud and stones glistening in the intense light.
    £2,650.00
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  • Large 22 x 30 inch oil painting of the inner harbour at Brancaster Staithe, looking into the afternoon sunlight, with the upright wooden pilings leading the eye to the lookout at the back.
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  • 13 x 19 inch Pastel painting, depicting the river Welland calmly moving from right foreground to left midground, with vegetation in left foreground, several trees above far bank, with sheep grazing in the blue distance.
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  • 9 x 12 inch oil of orange roses, growing wild with foliage and 6 blooms against a misty backdrop
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  • 9 x 12 inch oil painting of the interior of Lincoln Cathedral, painted on site.
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  • 6 x 8 inch oil painting of Pine trees at Barnsdale Wood, looking straight into the sunlight, with bluebells beneath.
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  • 6 x 8 inch oil painting of a curling path at wakerley Wood, with Bluebells abounding on both sides.
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  • 9.5 x 13.25 inch oil painting of mature trees with bluebells and a wood-pile
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  • 10 x 14 inch oil painting of the path through Barnsdale Wood, looking into the sunlight, trees appearing dark, with a sparkle of lit vegetation and foliage, with lots of Bluebells abounding.
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  • 12 x 17 inch oil painting of the River nene, with trees in the distance and a bank of trees above the far bank, and grasses and vegetation in the foreground, with calm reflections in the water.
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  • 9 x 12 inch oil of Padley gorge in the Derbyshire Peak Ditrict, with lots of rocks and a tangle of trees and branches.
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  • 9 x 12 inch oil, painted on site at Renishaw Lake, with lots of greens abounding, trees all around a still lake.
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  • 10 x 14 inch painting of a lane leading to some barns, each verge adorned with Cow Parsley, and mature Oak trees in the far verge and a bare Ash tree on the left verge.
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  • 9 x 12 inch oil painting of a white-painted farmhouse on a hill, with a stone barn alongside it, with a track leading through rough grassland up to it. Fresh washing is on the line.
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  • Portrait of a huge oak tree, set on the right side of the painting, with bank of grey distant trees, set on a dull day. Lots of twisted branches radiating out.
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  • 12 x 17 inch oil painting of the river Nene between Castor and Water Newton. A sharp Hoar Frost on all the trees and vegetation, with the low sun reflected in the water.
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  • A small 6 x 8 inch oil of a barn on a hill, lit on its forward-facing long side, the right-hand end in shadow, several mature trees to the left and behind the barn, with a track running up yo it from the right foreground
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  • 9 x 12 inch oil of a windswept, rainy day fropm the woods behind the Longshaw Estate house, with a large Sycamore tree in left foreground, with a glimpse of the building in the background. and a few Beech saplings with their last leaves from Winter providing a warm colour against the greys.
    £595.00
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