Peter Wileman
Norfolk and Beyond
© Peter Wileman 2023
Pinkfoot Gallery, High Street, Cley NR25 7RB
PETER WILEMAN FROI, RSMA, FRSA
“My painting is all about light and how we see it and react to it. It is what drives artists on. It is why most of us paint. Yet light can be as elusive as a wisp of smoke as we try to capture it in all its many moods. My brush is never still.
For me, painting is as much a part of the day as eating and sleeping. In fact, it’s more important than that, more like breathing! I could not imagine a single day passing without talking about, reading about, or actually taking part in some kind of activity concerning art. Like a moth is drawn to a flame, a painter is drawn to the light, and although I have tried to express myself with painting in many different forms, mediums and styles over the years, my path has lead me inexorably, like so many others before me, to try and capture that elusive quality of light, that only a shimmering sunset, dawn of a new day, dazzling sparkle of reflection off both sea and river presents to one who is prepared to both look and see.”
Peter WilemanPeter is the Past President and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, a Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has worked in the field of art and design for over forty years. His style is bold and vigorous, both in the use of colour and handling of paint, as he explores the effect of light on his subject. Seeking atmosphere through light and colour, he works in varying degrees of abstraction.
Peter has won many awards for his paintings including: The Frank Herring Award in 2000; The Cornelissen & Son Award in 2003; The Clerc Fowle gold medal in 2006; The DAS Prize in 2007, The Charles Pears Award and The Stanley Grimm Prize in 2010, The Dartington Crystal Chalice in 2012 and The Stanley Grimm Prize in 2021. Peter’s paintings can be found in private and public collections worldwide and have been shown on television.
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2 3 4 A Kiss of Gold, Burnham Overy Staithe 5 Colours of Autumn 7 The Sun’s Sorcery 8 A Salmon Sky 9 A Soft Day, Brancaster Staithe 10 Spring Light, Morston 13 Autumn Light, Morston 14 Dawn Towards Blakeney 15 Days End, Blakeney 17 Storm Clouds over Blakeney 18 Sunset over the Saltmarshes, Stiffkey 19 Summer Sea, Lavender Sunset 21 Blue Thunder 23 Reminiscing 24 Turquoise Pool 26 Hunstanton Cliffs 26 The Day Winds Down, Barton Broad 27 Overstrand 28 Winter Solstice 29 The Onset of Evening 30 Dawn, The Dunes at Winterton 31 The Warm Glow of Summer 32 Some Part of Silence II
Artwork: A Soft Day, Brancaster Staithe, 40cm
40cm,
Canvas
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Oil on
Once a busy working port on the river Burn, Burnham Overy Staithe now bustles at high tide with leisure sailors and wild swimmers.
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A Kiss of Gold, Burnham Overy Staithe, 40x40 cm, Oil on canvas
North Norfolk, Burnham Overy Staithe
Colours of Autumn, 80cm x 80cm, Oil on Canvas
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The Sun’s Sorcery, 80cm x 100cm Oil on Canvas
North Norfolk, Burnham Overy Staithe
The River Burn, otherwise known as Nelson’s River, begins it’s journey near South Creake and ends in the creeks and marshlands at Burnham Overy Staithe.
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A Salmon Sky, Burnham Overy Staithe
40cm x 40cm, Oil on Panel
North Norfolk, Burnham Overy Staithe
North Norfolk, Brancaster Staithe
A Soft Day, Brancaster Staithe
40cm x 40cm, Oil on Canvas
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Spring Light, Morston 80cm x 80cm, Oil on Canvas
North Norfolk, Morston
Morston, etched in the memories of many as the starting point for seal trips to Blakeney Point.
Morston, once famous for its plump juicy mussels, lost the fishing leys to shifting sands. In summer, the marshes come alive with bird song and bright purple from sea lavender.
Autumn Light, Morston
80cm x 80cm, Oil on Canvas
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North Norfolk, Morston
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Dawn Towards Blakeney, 40cm x 40cm, Oil on Panel
Days End, Blakeney, 40cm x 40cm, Oil on Panel
North Norfolk, Blakeney
North Norfolk, Blakeney
Blakeney, one of North Norfolk’s prettiest harbours is well-known for it’s church with twin towers. St. Nicholas church’s second tower was once used to guide boats into the harbour.
Storm Clouds over Blakeney
70cm
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x 70cm, Oil on Canvas
North Norfolk, Blakeney
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Sunset over the Saltmarshes, Stiffkey
50cm x 60cm, Oil on Canvas
North Norfolk, Stiffkey North Norfolk
Summer Sea, Lavender Sunset 50cm x 60cm, Oil on Canvas
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Blue Thunder, Holkham, 60cm x 80cm, Oil on Canvas
North Norfolk, Holkham
Moonlight Serenade, 80cm x 80cm, Oil on Canvas
This vast, pine tree-fringed beach is part of the Holkham Nature Reserve. It’s one of the largest stretches of pristine, unpspoilt sand in the country. It is frequently used by film crews due to its unique beauty.
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Reminiscing, 80cm x 80cm, Oil on Canvas
North Norfolk, Holkham
Holkham Reserve stretches from Burnham Overy Staithe all the way to Blakeney. It covers 9,600 hectares making it one of the largest nature reserves in England.
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Turquoise Pool, Holkham, 70cm x 70cm, Oil on Canvas
North Norfolk, Holkham
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Hunstanton Cliffs, 40cm x 40cm, Oil on Panel
North Norfolk, Hunstanton and Barton Broad
The Day Winds Down, Barton Broad, 40cm x 40cm, Oil on Panel
Overstrand, 50cm x 60cm, Oil on Panel
North Norfolk, Overstrand
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The Onset of Evening 70cm x 70cm, Oil on Canvas
Winter Solstice 70cm x 70cm, Oil on Canvas
Winteron on Sea sits on Norfolk’s east coast. Winterton Dunes Nature Reserve comprises heathland, sand dunes and natural pools where, if you’re lucky, you can hear the song of the natterjack toad.
Dawn, The Dunes at Winterton 50m x 60cm, Oil on Canvas
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The Warm Glow of Summer 40cm x 40cm, Oil on Panel
North Norfolk, Winterton
Some Part of Silence II
80x80cm,
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Oil on Canvas