Pete spent much of his early painting years in India, a country imbued with light,energy and the artifacts of a deep spiritual hierarchy. Pete found India mesmerizing and spent many years capturing the sights, light, colour and spiritually charged atmosphere of this exotic country.
On one of his last visits to the country he distilled all he had learnt into a series of Energy Paintings based around a spiritual site in India, a large Estate where he had stayed many times. The energy in this place was palpable and the focus of the paintings were abstract in nature but for him drew in the uplifting and energising nature of the place, both profound and deep.
This series of Energy paintings have never been for sale as prints or originals but have formed the basis of his original sunset series using the same techniques to draw the eyes into the painting and create a sense of upliftment, wonder and light.
There isn’t much to be said about them, they are bright, colourful and abstract, but if you are sensitive to the Spiritual realms, then maybe you will pick up on the Spiritual atmosphere. If you draw a blank, then just enjoy the colours or check out the Sunset Paintings Blog. and the ski paintings on the home page www.petecaswell.co.uk
It is from these Energy Paintings Series of which a few are printed above that most of Pete’s current painting styles emanated. His long stays in India and his extensive travels around the world to places of great beauty helped to mold this series of Energy paintings into a more worldly and enlightening form.
Behind the cold success of Pete’s highly collectable Ski Paintings lie a intensity of energy from the heat of India.
Not many of the collectors of Pete’s cult Ski Paintings know about the origins of the ski and snowboard paintings from within the depths of the chaos, dust and heat of central India.
Having spent much of his life in India Pete took up painting in the studio of a famous American Artist who had emigrated to this most Spiritual of countries and lent him her studio and a few very apt lessons. Having sold house, home and business, Pete was living in India on and off with his wife and young daughter.
Much of the focus of the art was on the colours, the saturated colours, the spiritual, the chaos within the life and character of India. Settled on a large estate in the centre of the country Pete started his painting career with a study of a Spiritual Indian Master, Guru or Avatar who had given up speech to use only sign language to pass on his message. His face full of light and expression of words and wisdom became a study for many months and a steady stream of foreign tourists proved to be eager buyers helping to support this most Bohemian of lifestyles. Paintings sold off the easel, quite often before they were even finished let alone dry.
Many of the paintings in this collection emanate from this stay on the “Master’s” estate who had dropped his body in 1969 a most eminent year. A long study of His face, an even longer study of his Tomb of burial and the draw of pilgrims to the same spot proved an irresistible combination and endless source of patterns and colours so full of the vibrancy of life.
Pete studied the energy of these scenes and took to capturing the vibrancy and light within these scenes to canvas. This later developed into an entire collection where this intense energy of these places was distilled into his Indian Energy Collections which he later exhibited in India among his many adhoc exhibitions around the world. These will be the subject of the next blog article.
Many of the exhibitions in India were in the style of where he was painting, impromptu, informal, great fun and full of laughter and love. You could even get the odd cow or water buffalo graze by.
Impromptu Exhibition in the middle of nowhere.
Pete’s studies of energy, spirituality colour and light in India through his paintings eventually led him to paint his other passions in life the high mountains and the high seas. Within these wonderful pieces are art are woven the techniques and energy in which his art flourished so beautifully in India.
You can see these paintings on the Print site or for sale as originals.
Sunset Paintings aren’t a subject you would normally associate with Ski Artist Pete Caswell who has a cult following among those in the know in the ski world.
Sunset Paintings and Sunset Prints
With the ski paintings fetching upwards of £2000 for the larger pieces you can still pick up a beautiful colourful large Sunset painting by Pete for less than £1000 and some for less than £500 . For 20 years Pete has been painting the unbelievable sunsets from his Art Studio near the West Coast UK in Devon.
After a hard winter of skiing and snowboarding in the Alps, Pete returns to his home and studio in Devon to work even harder surfing and occassionally squeezing in some painting of the epic waves which roll into this West Coast paradise.
“Its a blissful place at sunset and everyone should be able to share a piece of it. In fact it’s just about Bliss all the time”
Sunset Painting and Print from Saunton in Devon
The beaches in North Devon are an endless source of colour and light for Pete, with wide vistas, endless skies and beautiful beaches. Saunton beach which is just minutes from the studio and the scene of many famous films, photos and album covers. It has a mirror like reflection in the sand when the tide goes out and this creates a wonderful effect for Pete to capture on canvas.
You can get a glimpse of Pete’s summer ocean lifestyle the sunsets and ocean scenery in this historic short video.
Bright and uplifting painting with beautiful rich colours in the background giving it real presence. Waves laping into the shore from the setting sun. The shining sun reflects off the sea using real gold, silver and copper leaf. Oil on canvas 100cm x 80cm x 1.8cm deep.
As part of his Sunset series, Pete spent several years travelling the globe following the rich and famous in their beautiful yachts hosting some wonderful sunset sailing exhibitions to display his paintings.
But do check out the shipping info on the prints below
IMPORTANT UK & Europe Shipping info for Prints if you live in UK Europe. (If you live in the USA then everything ships from USA so please ignore this section)
The simple option is to order a Print or Canvases Print from the Back Catalogue (https://pete-caswell.pixels.com/art ) as they ship from UK or Europe if you live in Europe – If you add a frame to the Prints it gets more complicated as they ship from Europe and USA . (also if you add a frame to a canvas). Acrylic prints only ship from the USA. If you live outside the USA then either order a print and get it framed locally which is a cheaper option or order a Canvas Print which doesn’t need framing. The normal prints unframed are printed in the UK / Europe. You can double check the shipping by the flags next to each item in the checkout.If you want to order a framed print and you live in the UK / Europe then add the framed print to the cart and at checkout check the flag next to the order. You want to see either a Netherlands or UK flag but not a USA flag. Some frames only ship from USA and some from Netherlands. Contact me for assistance.
If you order a frame from USA, the shipping is very costly and you will get charged VAT at 20% at customs and get a handling charge plus a small delay. So its dearer and more hassle. Alternatively you can email me and I can upload the print to my new UK print site – SkiPrints.co.uk. If you want a framed print.
Sailing Paintings and Sailing Prints
If you missed the previous post and are a keen skier check out the ski paintings on www.petecaswell.co.uk
Pete Caswell is one of the foremost ski artists in the World with his lively and passionate paintings from the major ski resorts around the globe. He has recently reached cult status in the Ski World with a front page spread in one of the legendary Ski Magazines in the USA, The Ski Journal, yet the art world is yet to catch up on these beautiful pieces. You can still get a magnificent large ski painting for less than £3000, with some fun pieces still available in the £100’s or just a print printed in the USA or Europe. If you want a great investment with a backstop of a truly uplifting painting from the Stable of Pete Caswell, then now may be the time to take the plunge.
Pete is just starting on a new series of his larger paintings which will be available in the £2000 to £4000 price range which will feature some of his best work from the worlds most renowned pistes in the US and Europe.
Pete sends his work around the globe and can be found in many ski chalets in the USA and Europe with hotels mainly using large prints.
If you have reached here and still want to read more, then the world is a stranger place than I though…you can check out the current blogs on the sunset paintings and India paintings where Pete began his art career.
Ski Prints and Ski Posters of Pete’s famous Ski Paintings are available on his website. Pete’s ski paintings from around the world are colourful and fun and remind everyone that sees them of the fun of the ski slopes.
Ski Print and Poster of one of Pete’s famous Ski Paintings from Val d’Isere and Tignes in the French Alps.
Take a look at all the Ski Paintings originals available as canvases in oil and Acrylic paint all listed by resort on the website. Ski Paintings Originals For Sale
Val d’Isere Ski Painting. Not all the paintings are from this ski area. There are Ski Paintings from most of you favourite resorts.
Squaw Valley Skiing Painting from the USA in California and Nevada
There are lots of themes in the Ski Paintings from Chair Lifts, Drag Lifts, Cable Cars, Skiing in the Trees and Off Piste in the rocks and Snowy Peaks. Resorts in USA, Canada and all of the European Ski Resorts.
Sunset Paintings and Sunset Prints for Sale by Pete Caswell from around the world. Pete is currently based on the West Coast of the UK in Devon and he finds this a quite incredible place for his Sunset paintings. The long wide beaches and the low sun of the Northern Hemisphere make for unbelievable colours which not only fill the sky but reflect off the sea and the wet sand on the beaches which provide near mirror like reflections.
Bold and Colourful Sunset Painting available as a sunset Print
Pete’s colouring is bold, vibrant and semi abstract but you would be amazed at how close the colours are to reality on some days when you zoom into the centres of the sunsets especially in the autumn evenings when the light and cooling air takes on extra brilliance.
Surf and waves rolling in from the setting sun bringing all that wonderful colour into your room. Sunset Painting available as a Sunset Print.
Its a popular surfing area so there are some incredible surf sunset paintings and surfers caught in the setting sun. You can see in this sunset painting which is available as a sunset print how the surfers reflect on the wet sand from the receding tides.
Surfers Sunset Painting available as a sunset print
Check out the latest Sunset Paintings available as Originals by Pete Caswell…. Sunset Paintings For Sale
Or you can check out all the amazing Sunset Prints by Pete Caswell. Sunset Prints For Sale
If you live outide the USA please read the shipping info here to make sure you get a UK Print.
Shipping on International Print Site If you are ordering from the UK and Europe please just order either canvas prints or unframed prints. If you order a Framed print, currently the 2nd & 3rd one in the list of Frames (EXL2 EXL3) only ship from the USA. All the other frames ship from Europe which is ok. You can check where the order is shipping from in the final checkout where there is a flag next to each item and the shipping cost. Do check the flags at checkout as the frames shipping do change. If you live in the USA everything ships from the USA so no problems for USA clients. Go to the International Print Site which is operated by Fine Art America
Sailing paintings and Sailing Prints for sale by Pete Caswell. Check out some of the amazing sailing paintings as prints in Pete Caswell’s famous colourful and bold be.
Large sailing sunset painting available also as a Sailing Print.
Pete’s favourite paintings are from Antigua and English harbour and others from the Panerai Classic series across the South of France including Cannes, Antibes, Monaco and Nice.
Sailing Painting also available as a Sailing Print from Antigua.
This Ski Painting from Morzine and Les Gets is one of my favourites with lots of colour and a great perspective which really draws you into the painting. You can but this painting as a ski print or ski poster from the ski print site https://petecaswell.co.uk/wp2/ski-prints/ . This print is from the Portes Du Soleil ski area in-between Les Gets and Morzine and below Avoriaz.
Ski Prints and Ski Posters of Pete Caswell’s famous Ski Paintings from your favourite resorts around the world are now available with local shipping wherever you are. See the Ski Prints page https://petecaswell.co.uk/wp2/ski-prints/ We are currently developing a new Ski Print and Ski Poster site based with a UK printer www.skiprints.co.uk predominently for our Uk customers with Free UK / Europe Shipping.
You can still use the International Print site which also acts as a Back Catalogue of all the Ski Prints ever made from Pete’s Ski Paintings and has a few more options.
The International Ski Print site will ship locally from wherever you live. So if you live in the UK / Europe it will ship from the UK or Europe and if you live in the USA it will ship from the USA.
If you order from the USA then all prints will ship from the USA. If you live outside the USA then please read the shipping information below.
Shipping on International Print Site If you are ordering from the UK and Europe please just order either canvas prints or unframed prints. If you order a Framed print, currently the 2nd & 3rd one in the list of Frames (EXL2 EXL3) only ship from the USA. All the other frames ship from Europe which is ok. You can check where the order is shipping from in the final checkout where there is a flag next to each item and the shipping cost. Do check the flags at checkout as the frames shipping do change. If you live in the USA everything ships from the USA so no problems for USA clients. Go to the International Print Site which is operated by Fine Art America
I have been busy painting all the most popular ski resorts from France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland and now we are slowly touring the USA taking in a few more ski resorts each season.
