Echoes of Provence: A French Conversation
Echoes of Provence: A French Conversation
May 29 - June 22, 2025
Salt Contemporary
33-35 Hesse Street
Queenscliff, Victoria
Front: Heading to Malaucéne (detail), 2025, acrylic on linen, 122x152cm
Left: Les Baux-de-Provence (detail), 2025, acrylic on linen, 46x38cm
PETER WATTS
ECHOES OF
PROVENCE:
A French Conversation
As a landscape painter, I’m drawn to places where history and nature meet—where the land tells stories and the light holds memory. The Provence region of Southern France, with its ancient beauty and deep artistic legacy, has long inspired me. I travelled there to paint en plein air, hoping to experience the same creative spark that once moved the great artists of the past.
Wandering through its sunlit hills, vineyards, and quiet villages, I felt the presence of those who had painted there before. The landscape seemed to breathe with artistic energy—its shifting light, vibrant colours, and layered history creating a sense of timelessness.
Painting in Provence became more than capturing scenery; it was a connection to something greater. This work reflects that journey. It’s an attempt to translate not just what I saw, but what I felt—the spirit of a place that continues to inspire, and the silent conversation between artist, land, and history.
Whispering Provence, 2025, acrylic on linen, 168x243.5cm | $24,800
Autumn’s Evening Palette, 2025, acrylic on linen, 168x183cm | $18,400
The Whispering Voice of Twilight, 2025, acrylic on linen, 168x183cm | $18,400
Heading through Carpentras, 2025, acrylic on linen, 122x152cm | $8,900
Provence Vineyard Chateau, 2025, acrylic on linen, 122x152cm | $8,900
Heading to Malaucéne, 2025, acrylic on linen, 122x152cm | $8,900
Vines of Bédoin, 2025, acrylic on linen, 112x137cm | $8,400
The Ocean’s Soul, 2025, acrylic on linen, 112x137cm | $8,400
Lonely Bliss, 2025, acrylic on linen, 112x137cm | $8,400
Alpilles, 2025, acrylic on linen, 102x137cm | $7,900
Left: Alpilles 2, 2025, acrylic on linen, 137x102cm | $7,900
Right: Calming Ocean, 2025, acrylic on linen, 137x102xcm | $7,900
View over Provence (diptych), 2025, acrylic on linen, 60x120cm | $5,400
Living Seaside, 2025, acrylic on linen, 76x81cm | $5,400
Right: Heading to Ménerbes, 2025, acrylic on linen, 50x76cm | $2,650
Left: Provence Touch, 2025, acrylic on linen, 50x76cm | $2,650
Left: Near Gordes, 2025, acrylic on linen, 61x46cm | $2,450
Right: The Vineyard Road, 2025, acrylic on linen, 46x51cm | $2,450
Left: Road into Town, 2025, acrylic on linen, 51x76cm | $2,650
Right: Rural Bédoin, 2025, acrylic on linen, 38x46cm | $1,990
Left: Heading through Carpentras study, 2025, acrylic on linen, 41x51cm | $2,200
Right: Heading through Malaucéne study, 2025, acrylic on linen, 41x51cm | $2,200
Right: South of Crillon-le-Brave, 2025, acrylic on linen, 38x46cm | $1,990
Left: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, 2025, acrylic on linen, 38x46cm | $1,990
ABOUT PETER WATTS
Peter Watts, born in 1963 in Horsham, Victoria, is an acclaimed Australian artist known for capturing the transient interplay of light and shadow in Southern Australia’s skies and rural landscapes. His mastery of these ephemeral moments earned him finalist spots in the prestigious Glover Prize in 2021, 2022, and 2024, as well as the “People’s Choice” award in 2022. That same year, he won “Best in Show” at the Camberwell Art Prize in Melbourne.
Represented in galleries across Australia and Singapore, Peter’s work blends realism with subtle abstraction, offering nuanced interpretations of nature’s shifting beauty. His paintings vividly explore the dynamic relationship between land, sky, and light, highlighting both the delicate and powerful elements of the natural world.
Les Baux-de-Provence, 2025, acrylic on linen, 46x38cm | $1,990
PETER WATTS SELECTED CV
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Echoes of Provence: A French conversation, Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
2024 Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
ArtImages Gallery Adelaide SA
Art2Muse Gallery Sydney NSW
Gallery One Brisbane QLD
2023 Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
ArtImages Gallery Adelaide SA
Gallery One Brisbane QLD
Art2Muse Gallery Sydney NSW
2022 Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
Art2Muse Gallery Sydney NSW
Fletcher Arts Melbourne VIC
2021 Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff, VIC
Art2Muse Gallery Sydney NSW
Fletcher Arts Melbourne VIC
Suki & Hugh Gallery ACT
2020 Art2Muse Gallery Sydney NSW
Fletcher Arts Melbourne VIC
2019 Art2Muse Gallery Sydney NSW
2018 Convent Gallery Daylesford
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Glover Prize Tasmania
Bromley & Co Daylesford VIC
2023 Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
2022 Glover Prize Tasmania
Camberwell Art Show Melbourne VIC
Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
Suki & Hugh Gallery ACT
Affordable Art Fair Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
Fletcher Arts Melbourne VIC
REDSEA Gallery Singapore
Art Images Gallery Adelaide SA
2021 Glover Prize Tasmania
Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
Fletcher Arts Melbourne VIC
REDSEA Gallery Singapore
Art Images Gallery Adelaide SA
Suki & Hugh Gallery ACT
The Screaming International Art Group – Portugal
2020 Salt Contemporary Art Queenscliff VIC
Suki & Hugh Gallery ACT
2019 Bromley & Co Daylesford
Suki & Hugh Gallery ACT
Camberwell Art Show Melbourne VIC PRIZES
2024 Glover Prize Tasmania
2022 Glover Prize, awarded ‘People’s Choice’
Camberwell Art Prize, awarded ‘Best in Show’
2021 Glover Prize, finalist
Echoes of Provence: A French Conversation
May 29 - June 22, 2025
Salt Contemporary info@salt-art.com.au
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33-35 Hesse St, Queenscliff, VIC, 3225
