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Peter Rushton

Birchington, Kent, United Kingdom

I don't set out to produce art about one subject or another. I'm never without a creative thought as...

About the artist

Peter Rushton

Joined In 2018

(2 Followers)

About the artist

Peter Rushton

Joined In 2018

(2 Followers)

ABOUT

I don't set out to produce art about one subject or another. I'm never without a creative thought as I am constantly being inspired by what is around me and sometimes the thoughts are left in my mind and other times they develop into more in-depth ideas and detailed images. Having suffered a stroke some 4 years ago that effected my right hand (painting hand) I have faced many challenges and a hard journey since to get back to my former self - through sheer grit and determination and my passion for painting.

I didn't set out to be a contemporary artist or to create artwork relating to social commentary but over the years, as my portfolio styles naturally developed from a photographic illustrative style to looser acrylics and people started to review my work at International Exhibitions, the descriptions started to emerge and I began to notice a pattern I hadn't intended but am now pleased with.

My work tends to focus on the bigger environment, the relationships between man and woman, their natural recourse, the development of bigger and bigger cities, more and more people, noise, beauty and the consequences this has on nature. At school in Swansea, my passion was to be creative and I think my obsession with depicting life’s b...