About Pete
I like to capture a moment for myself and for people seeing my prints. That moment when you are on a walk and the wind moves the plants around you and you notice it all a little bit more. My own best memories combine wonderful humans and great places. The beautiful light, the perfect view, the soft or dramatic colours. I paint my ideas with digital brushes. Then I hand-craft limited edition screen-prints. This means each colour is printed by me, by hand. And layered onto the previous colours to create a complex effect of tone and hue. I often work at Volcanic Editions, a studio owned by the master-printmaker Ian Brown, in the heart of Brighton and Hove. Crafting the artworks by hand allows for the physical process to change my intentions. I use Lascaux acrylic Inks which are water-based and hold their intensity. The paper is usually 400gsm thick so it’s really stable for the ink and water. I use transparent colours to amplify their colours and create effects I hope you will come back to every time you look at the print.
My editions are short - so there are only a few copies of each print that will ever be made. If you choose to own one, you’ll be taking home a unique, hand produced painting, not a mechanical print or “hand finished” giclee.
We are in an age of AI and automation. Artworks have always used technology to explore new possibilities and concepts. I like to harness both the best digital techniques with the hand-crafted connection with a studio, time, and my audience. To create something precious, human-made, and that represents my / our viewed world around us.
