Hello.
Nice to meet you.
My name is Peter, i am an Artist & Creative soul.
I was born on the 7th of May 1979 in Ashford, Kent, UK.
Currently i reside in St Michaels, Tenterden England. A small country village which has now become a home much loved.
The local woods, forrests, fields & wildlife are a constant source of creative inspiration to me, & so you can often find me out strolling in nature & marvelling at the beauty Mother Nature places all around us if only we care to look.
I first realized that i liked to draw & paint when i was still a very small child. It didn't take long for me to see that i was able to take the creative thoughts in my mind & turn them into pictures on paper, using whatever was around at the time, pencil, biro, crayons, paints etc, it didn't matter what the medium was, all i cared about was acting on this inner urge to create pictures of what was seen & felt in my mind & spirit.
At school of course the Arts were my best & favourite subjects, & honestly they were the only classes i genuinely looked forward to & enjoyed. In my final year of High School i began to take additional Art classes in the evenings & it was here that my skills began to expand more, i have to thank my old art teachers for all their encouragement & support, they helped me to see & cultivate my talent which helped give me the confidence to try new things.
The older i grew the more art i was creating, i was learning & teaching myself also as i went, by the time i was in my teens i was spending long hours creating complex & detailed pointillist ink & mixed media drawings, i also began doing commissions for friends & family, this carried on until around the age of 19yrs when i decided i wanted to study at Art College.
This choice was far more than just a choice to study Art further, but really it was a choice that helped me step into a whole new world of seeing & understanding, i relocated to the London suburbs, leaving home for the first time, moving from a sleepy seaside town to a bustling inner city environment, it was a most exciting change for me, as i met other artists of my age & began to broaden my art style & even my own mental concepts of what i believed i could accomplish.
I attended Orpington College & studied Advanced Art & Design.
Here i got to study a large range of areas such as, Graphic Design, Painting & Drawing, Print Making, Sculpture, Photography & Art History to name just a few.
All of this study & previous experience helped me to build upon & expand my own personal art style, which continues to grow & morph to this day.
Art has proved to be a constant throughout my life, & even during the hard times that life often throws at us, i have always found answers & healing through the magical & mysterious creative force that flows through our souls, this force is able to mend & refine the soul in ways that words & deeds alone cannot hope to achieve.
Most of my work is accomplished with Acrylic paint, however i also use, pencil, inks, pastels, & various mixed media combinations, in the near future i will also be incorporating olis into my repertoire.
I have a love for the pointillist technique also (many dots placed close together to create an image) & so you will see this technique in many of my pieces, some of my work is Abstract, you will also see Realism & Fantasy art works in my collection.
Currently i work from the peaceful sanctuary of my home & ship my original paintings all over the world.
I appreciate that you have taken the time to visit my site & find out a little more about me, do feel free to ask any further questions that you may have, they are most welcome & i am happy to speak with you.
If you are interested in purchasing Original Pieces or Prints from my collection, or have a private commission of your own in mind, then please use the "Contact Us" option at the top of the page.
If you have the time i'd really appreciate it if you recorded your visit by signing my "Guestbook", with your name, location, & any thoughts you have about my artwork.
Go to the top of the page & click on "Guestbook".
Love & Blessings to you all & the very best for this New Year 2012!
Peter David Hamilton
