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"My compulsion to paint landscapes is primarily a reaction to somehow trying to record my feelings of awe and wonder before such places, but is also a way of allowing those impressions to linger a little longer during the process of painting them"
As one of Britain’s leading landscape artists, Peter Symonds is undeniably a master at capturing the scale and awe of dramatic landscape vistas. Through his paintings we are taken on a breathtaking journey through some of the world’s most spectacular landscapes: from the sweeping glens of the Scottish Highlands and the dramatic high cliffs of the Devon & Cornwall coast, to the idyllic, picturesque villages of Surrey & Sussex and the warm, quiet majesty of historic Morocco.
Peter was born in Surrey in 1964. As a self-taught artist, Peter started painting professionally following his graduation from Leicester University at the age of twenty-two. Working exclusively in oils on canvas, Peter is primarily a landscape painter. He is identified most closely with his views of the Sussex and Surrey countryside close to his home and studio, but is also widely celebrated as a painter of the English Lake District and the Scottish Highlands. In addition to the picturesque rivers, mountains and coastlines of the British Isles, Peter achieves great variety and scope travelling to and painting wild and remote places around the world.
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Peter Symonds
Burgh Island from Bantham, DevonOil on Canvas56 x 91 cms / 22 x 36 inchesSigned 'Peter Symonds' (lower left)Description
"Bantham Beach is a deservedly popular and expansive beach hemmed in by the Avon Estuary to one side and low panoramic cliffs to the other. Backed by some beautiful sand dunes as well as a magnificent vista out to Burgh Island in the distance, Bantham ticks many boxes for the landscape artist. In recent years, I have made several visits out of season without friends and family, and it has a very different feel to high summer when there can be so many visitors. On this occasion I had decided to plan a visit for later in the afternoon to do a painting a contre jour, and reap the effects of the lowering sun glimmering over the sea and highlighting the tops of the rocks. I was incredibly lucky to have a beautiful sky as it is this that holds the key to creating a good atmosphere. The pale salmon-pink light that lay between the horizon and the darker blue-grey clouds above made a lovely foil to the light viridian sea below" - Peter Symonds.
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