The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton: Artist Biography - PETER DWOROK

PETER DWOROK was born in Nottingham in 1950. He studied at Nottingham College of Art and then Leeds Polytechnic Faculty of Art and Design. After leaving college Peter lived and worked on the Isle of Skye and Edinburgh where he exhibited his work widely. On moving back to Nottingham in 1980, Peter was employed by Nottinghamshire County Council helping to establish Rufford Craft Centre as a centre of excellence for the applied arts. Over twenty years later Peter, now managing the arts provision at Rufford, has begun to put together a new body of work based on his interest in the landscape. His paintings, in oils, reflect the colour and tone that the weather brings to the landscape and the seasonal changes in mood and light. The landscape paintings comprise of various layers of acrylic and oil paint. The depth of tone and variation of texture is dependent upon the thickness of application of these various layers. Other materials are combined with the paint to create the textured surface.