As it is the New Year I made a video about visiting the art studio and taking a look around at all the paintings for sale. It starts at the gate then you walk up the drive to the studio, through the door and take a look around. Its about 14mins long and gives you a real good look at a couple of rooms in the studio and some of the paintings.
“Don’t Worry be happy”, a phrase made famous by Bob Marley. But preceding him, this perfect phrase originated in the great depths of the Indian Spiritual Guru, Meher Baba, who first coined the phrase. He said that worry was a major problem as it gets in the way of spiritual progress. And if you worry you can’t be happy and you certainly can’t get too spiritual if you aren’t happy. Happiness and the spiritual are one of the same and linked in every way. If you distill happiness you get pure joy and from pure joy you get close to God, and close to God you get pure bliss. So follow the train to feel really happy.
This is why I love painting so much because it gives me the space to focus on what is truly wonderful, feeling happy and content all day long. Every day when I am painting I can be immersed in this wonderful task away from the daily travels of life in my beautiful studio. Combining light, form and colours to create a wonderful positive and happy painting is the focus for the day.
Its a funny business, the art world. I engineer my paintings using every technique I can find to stimulate a feeling of happiness, and the entire business is run along lines where we endeavor to make our customers happy. In the art world it seems as if the modern curators put suffering and shock on a pedestal while ridiculing anything which has any hint of happiness about it. It is so easy to worry, so easy to suffer, even easier to be sad or to shock. Its a peace of cake, in fact easier still so why is it so prized by the modern critics. To rid yourself of worry and feel happy is such a precious task, so hard as to be nearly impossible, so disguised it is rarely seen.
In each painting I engage subtle techniques of colour combinations, light, form and association to create the highest sense of happiness I can. Its a continually evolving process as I oscilate from the abstract to the representational to find the correct balance to engage the heart and dodge the ever oppressive mind.
Spiritual Love Poems and Paintings have a lot in common. Art is just coloured oil on a piece of canvas until it is made and then it becomes a piece of love in art. The artist translates his feelings into the painting and when you view the painting it can trigger the same feelings back to the viewer.
My paintings are all about fun, love, beauty and happiness. If you distill the inner feelings which you chase through these sensations, you get Spiritual Love, then end product, the concentrated form of pure pleasure.
The Spiritual love poems in the books are riddles, poems and mind teasers which try to trick the mind out of the way so you can see a part of true spiritual love hidden within the poem, just like Rumi and Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. The paintings in the book and the Spiritual love poems act as the perfect compliments as they work in slightly different ways.
You can see the Spiritual Love Poem books for sale on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com (see below for links for USA and Europe). The books are very beautiful, full of Spiritual Love Poems and colourful paintings. These poems originated from when I was painting and exhibiting my art in India. You can see more on thes Spiritual Love Poems books on another part of this web site
The Mincracker book is based more on Eastern Spiritual Philosophy and riddles. The Spiritual Love Poem book is more based on metaphors linking the great Oceans to the endless infinite expanse of God. Both books are full of colourful paintings and poems and are a great gift to add a splash of interest to the coffee table.
If you live in the UK then buy from Amazon.co.uk. If you live in the USA then buy from Amazon.com. See links below.
See a preview of the book and the Spiritual Love Poems. Please note this is a low resolution version and only a small extract.
Spiritual Love Poems Book on Amazon.co.uk for Europe & UK
Mind Cracker Book on Amazon.co.uk for Europe & UK
Mind Cracker Book on Amazon.com for USA
Spiritual Love Poems Book on Amazon.com for USA
Currently in the pipe line is a hardback large book of special prints of all the best paintings of the last 4 years. This will go on sale towards the end of next year.
When I moved to Croyde I started to get a taste for Woolacombe and Puttsborough beaches. I just loved cycling over the hill from Croyde to Puttsborough and taking a coffee at the café above the beach at Putsborough. Perfectly placed to watch the surfers and beach happenings, to photograph and compose paintings. Such a spot and with the headland stretching into the distance makes the perfect back drop. Beautiful waves and turquoise seas with welcome shelter from the South West sea breeze to clean up those rolling waves of surf magic.
When this beach really comes alive for a painting is as you walk or cycle along the coastal path behind the dunes, looking over the grasses and you see the amazing curve this beach has as it stretches so far up towards Woolacombe. Through the dunes here and across the beach I have painted some of my favourite sunset paintings. The colours can be quite amazing especially in the shoulder seasons of Spring and Autumn when the sun is
lower in the sky, the colours seem to be sharper and more intense at this time of year. I paint sunsets all around the world, but it is the sunsets from the North Devon beaches that I paint again and again because no other sunsets have such a range of colours as here. On the beach at Woolacombe as the tide goes out or dare I say it even better after the rain, the beach turns into an enormous crystal clear mirror, reflecting the sky and the beach men and women, giving double the colour. This makes my sunset paintings so full of life and colour because you aren’t just restricted to painting the sunset in the sky, you get to paint it twice, in the beach as well. And not just the beach, the waves twinkle in the low sunlight and the flat sea beyond the breaking surf reflects the warm setting sun, mixing the yellows and pinks from the sun and the blue from the sky beyond to give the most amazing combinations of turquoise effects reflecting on the surface of the ocean.
Within these amazing sunsets I use a special technique from my Indian energy paintings which I developed during my years as an artist in India. I won’t go into great depth here but you can find it in other areas of the site, and if you look really hard on google you will
find little hidden corners of the site all about these special energy paintings. When I was in India over many years, at the start of my art and photography careers, I painted a series of energy paintings which were very spiritual and abstract. They were very popular and uplifting creating a feeling of light and love. They sold very well in India. When I returned to England after a few years it was in these sunset paintings of Woolacombe, Croyde and
Saunton beaches that I began to use the same techniques to great effect. They work using colours and brush strokes, light and ever lighter tones and work to pull you into the painting to lift your spirits. This is the added dimension which is the main technical basis behind the sunsets series of paintings. It gives them light and joy and it is the way a sunset works that makes them so perfect for using my energy paintings techniques to create layers of feelings within the paintings .
As I move up the beach towards Woolacombe this year along with Croyde beach I will be focussing on the little gems of Down End, Combesgate Beach and Barricane beach for some new paintings of hidden spots.
Take a look at the large and very large paintings for sale on the website and the sunset paintings for sale. For the llast two year I have had fabulous exhibitions at Ilfracombe where I have had paintings for sale at the Landmark Theatre. See more paintings for sale from Woolacombe and Putsborough Beaches.
Saunton Sands beach begins just below the prominent Saunton Sands art deco hotel and stretches as far as you can see right out to the estuary. The dunes on one side, an international Biosphere, and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. Swim from here and the next stop is the USA. This is a stunning spot and a great subject for any artist. I love it all the more when viewed from the road or the Hotel coffee lounge. It has an epic quality from
above and endless possibilities. If this beach says anything to me, it is a reincarnation of Lowry, but he’s on holiday as the beachscape. Black match stick men and match stick women walking in an almost constant procession of thin legs, lumpy stomachs flowing hair
and protrusions of long boards, all set in stark contrast to the mirror like reflections of the beach. From up here on the road you can see the sky reflect into the wet sand. As the tide goes out or better still, dare I say when it rains, the water sits on the sand and creates a perfect mirror. The figures with long boards and dogs seem to float above their own reflections as they gravitate towards the sea. The line up of surf waves stretch out in long sweeping lines into the distance, melting into the far off estuary. Along the rocks you can see the waves peel off down the line and surfers dance along the waves as they go up and down and side to side swinging like a pendulum.
I have done so many different series of paintings based on this beach I have lost count. I really enjoyed the set of large oil paintings I did in Prussian blue and yellow ochre of the reflections in the sand and the surfers lightly set above the mirror of the beach. Take a look into the sand and see the many reflections and patterns from the interactions of sky, sand and sea.
Then there have been sets of paintings looking down the line up from on the rocks near to the rip with the waves disappearing into the distance. You can sit on the rocks and stare right close up to the surfers paddling to catch the wave and watch them ride into the distance.
If you are after real colours to warm you up in winter and lift your spirits, then take a look at the sunset oil paintings I have based on this beach along with Croyde and Woolacombe. Seeing the beach at least twice a day means I see so many astounding colour combinations that you wouldn’t believe, from brilliant yellow to hot red and gentle pink to cobalt blue. These sunsets colour and twinkle the waves, warm the skies and reflect so deeply into the wet sand at the seas edge. This gives double the colour as all the colours in the sky reflect so perfectly across the beach. Painting a sunset at the beach gives me the excuse for a really extravagant show of colour. On the beaches of Saunton, Woolacombe and Croyde you get these fantastic reflections which light up the canvas. From semi real to totally abstract these are a real treat and I have really enjoyed painting them up to really huge sizes. 2.4m wide is the largest yet and took some frame. Take a look at the large paintings for sale on the web site from Saunton Beach. or just medium size paintings from Saunton Sands beach and Saunton Sands Hotel
What’s in a name? These four beaches and their names conjure up so much magic. West facing flat beaches which lap up the waves into turquoise walls of pure heaven to ride and ride again. Soft Dunes and endless skies with their expansive views make these beaches a treasure.
These four beaches have been a source of inspiration for me ever since I moved to North Devon. My art studio is close to Saunton Sands beach and I live at Croyde so every day I get a taste of two of these stunning beaches.
I cycle around Down End, a unique headland every day, seeing the sun rise and set every day, as I round the headland from Croyde to Saunton and back again. In the evening, riding from Saunton Sands Hotel out to Down End point is a unique experience, with the coastline running all along the route, the waves and epic views running down the beach and the road appearing to melt into the setting sun in the distance.
On my way back to the studio in the morning, the view across Croyde beach is enlightening in the morning, getting the first glimpse of how the waves are shaping up. Then I climb up Down End above Saunton beach to see the tiny dots walking back and forth to the waves across the beach, and if I am early enough the sun and mist rising above the Braunton Burrows Dunes.
Even though I see this view every day I have to pull over in one of the lay bys just to admire the view once again. Even though you can see this stunning view as you drive ¼ mile along this stunning vista the lay-bys just invite a second look, even in the rain. Pick just the right spot and look out down the line along the curling waves and watch a few rollers with a few lucky surfers dancing. Then I cycle on past Saunton Sands Hotel and its all downhill to the studio just on the edge of Braunton.
Even after all those amazing views there is something about the studio that lifts my spirits. The studio is set in 7 acres of hay meadows just back from the sand dunes running down to Saunton beach. I bring back trees from around the world to plant out in the fields and there are a couple of new orchards I have planted. In my mind it is a modern version of a mini Victorian estate. It’s a kind of art project in its own right. When I bought the land it was 7 acres of flat fields to which I added the studio and began an extensive planting project which I add to very year. Open the window and if the surfs up you can hear the sound of the waves crashing and the sound bouncing off the dunes. So as I enter the gates to the studio I feel like I have walked into my own 3d canvas, a long term huge painting and sculpture which I have been working on over the last 6 years.
Each of the beaches I treasure in this area have become projects in their own right and each year brings a focus onto a different beach. This year with the intense heat and still crystal clear turquoise waters I have found a real fondness for Down end and Barricane beaches which I have begun to photograph and no doubt will be painting later in the year.
Saunton Sands was the first beach I started to work on with its sharp reflections and expansive views. It is huge. When the tide goes out it leaves this thin film of water on the beach which gives a perfect mirror reflecting all those who stand above it. It is so sharp and clear that you appear to be floating on your own reflection. Take a photo on a good day and you can flip it upside down, so sharp you cannot tell which is you and which is your reflection. Interesting stuff to paint, not just visually, but from a philosophical and spiritual point of view. Working with reflections has its own deep and meaningful ways. This beach is vast and the waves can peel off beautifully down the line, a long borders heaven. Look straight down the waves as the waves and surfers line up right across to Appledore and Westward Ho! Then there are the beach huts, the headland, the Dunes and the sky, the list goes on.
Two years ago I was mad into Croyde beach. Totally different to Saunton. Slightly lighter sand a curvy bay and fast powerful waves. On a big break I still head to Saunton or Woolacombe, but if its smaller then Croyde can just pop some little miracles out. Waves and the shape of the bay are my big focus here. The waves here are a really neat shape, real curvy and punchy and were a basis for my big blue and turquoise wave paintings. I love Croyde because it is a perfect little bay and small village with some great view points and swimming holes. All this fun and atmosphere really helps me to paint all that fun and excitement into the paintings.
Last year and even more this year I have been painting Woolacombe. It’s got a lot of similar characteristics to Saunton with its vast length and sharp reflections. There are some fun beach huts at the top end which I have really loved painting. I did a really lovely large oil painting for sale of the huts 1.5m long which looks really amazing, sweeping views and it really sucks you into the painting.
Woolacome beach is really growing on me at the moment. I love walking over to Putsborugh beach to have breakfast in the café, and cycling on up to Woolacombe from behind the dunes. If you surf then you get great waves here shaped somewhere inbetween Saunton and Croyde, with a bit more power but not enough to bury your head in the sand bar like at Croyde. Up and down the beach you can pick up a nice variety of waves to suite the conditions so for surfing this really gets the five star rating, especially when you add in Barricane beach and Combesgate beach .
These four beaches are a real source of inspiration for my paintings. I have painted scenes from all of them from various angles and view points. What’s really important about this whole scene for me is the culmination of all of this influence, the surf cultures, the holiday feel, the freedom of the ocean and those expansive beaches, skies and views. Each beach is etched in my mind, the views, the colours, the sounds and smells, the atmosphere, reflections, waves. Then there are the sunsets, the soft dunes, the swaying grasses, the pounding noise of the surf and the salt spray. All of this is what I hold uppermost in my mind and this is what I hope is conveyed onto the canvas. There is really too much to put into words, the beach huts, and the stunning sunsets of yellow, pink and red. This corner of the world really is a painter’s paradise with so much colour and vibrant atmosphere to choose from.
Take a look at the large oil paintings for sale on the website of Saunton Croyde Puttsborough and Woolacombe beaches or large paintings for sale including Saunton Sands, Croyde, Woolacombe and Putsborough. and very large paintings for sale
Pete Caswell is a famous artist who travels the world capturing the spiritual light, love and happiness of the places we love. The wonderful subcontinent of India has been a great source spiritual joy for Pete as he traveled around this enchanting country for over 20 years. It was here that Pete learned to paint in rural India, where his first exhibitions were held and where he sold his first paintings with chocolate cake and sweet Indian tea.
India is a country unlike any other, chaotic, colourful and vibrant. It is the most spiritual country in the world both on the inside and the outside according to Pete. The rich tradition of spiritual hierarchy, masters, spiritual guides and organizations remain virtually intact from their origins thousands of years ago.
Sure Pete tells me, there is the usual mix of charlatans, pretenders and con men, but amongst the dust and chaos are some real and truly phenomenal places and people imbued with a hypnotic and captivating spiritual aura.
As well as the famous sites and temples reaching far back into ancient history, there are modern and new sites of spiritual significance developing within more recent times and they are quite amazing. Some of these place are new and fresh unlike some of the old which are strewn with karmic burdens of the crowds and all the usual trappings of a money making site. My favourite was a place called Meherabad in centre of rural India
India is a unique place. It has depths of poverty and suffering, and it has hideous extremes of wealth which are only too apparent. But this is the surface, the physical and at times overwhelming, but underneath this, and the unique mental attitude is what strikes you. You have to turn your head upside down here in order to function and drop some of your Western arrogance of mind and logical thinking.
Pete started a painting project to capture the energy of these special sites. These sites convey an extreme sense of peace, oneness and inner quality of life. The sites are uplifting, provocative and are inspirational. They can help evoke in the visitor a new sense of purpose within life and lead you in new directions.
It is spiritual India where Pete studied painting and it is here where he grounded his inspiration and honed his skills. Pete seeks the depths of Love and spiritual sanctuary in his paintings. Just like the Beatles after their famous trip to Rishikesh Pete fills his work with the energy of this special country.
Pete’s latest painting project from India is called India Energy Paintings and they are a continuation of his previous works towards capturing the depths of life, it’s inner sanctuary and meaning which has been sought by so many throughout history. Its the focus of energy which we all strive for, to achieve happiness or more lasting inner happiness and contentment, or bliss and enlightenment.
When Pete lived in India he painted many of the Energy Paintings on the sites of significant spiritual energy. The most important of these for me was a place called Meherabad in rural central India, a beautiful estate set on the plains near Poona.
Pete says, “When I visit these sites I am in a wonderful space and my energy body dances to the tune of this uplifting and stimulating energy. When I paint the paintings at the site it is a truly wonderful experience, it is as if my mind is absorbed into the site, my spiritual energy is uplifted and the painting becomes quite automatic, fully inspired by the place and its reaction on the body. There is very little mind present in the painting and I am always quite ecstatic by the result.”
Pete was always surprised after he had painted the energy paintings many people would be drawn to visit his room to see the paintings. Even walking back to his room after painting he would have a hard job to hang onto the wet oil paintings. Many people seeing only a glimpse of the colourful work on the dirt path back to his quarters would instantly wish to buy the paintings, there and then.
Pete explained, “The paintings shone so brightly to me in the powerful Indian light I really wasn’t ready to sell them. This was a real problem. My trips to India were about selling my work at various exhibitions and here were sales knocking on the door. How could I turn them down. In the end Pete gave into the pressure and and sold some of the paintings to some of the most persistent visitors.
Many of the paintings went to spiritually aware people who had inner sight or hearing and they bought them for use as a focus for mediation to see beyond the physical. Many of these people had inner hearing, they were quite tuned into the site at Meherabad and the spiritual master who had resided there until 1969. His tomb formed the centre of the large estate.
Living at these spiritual sites led to some unusual coincidences and meetings. People would turn up at the door asking about a painting they needed from Pete without knowing him or the paintings in the physical world. They would say their inner spiritual guide had led them to the door. “
When people turned up at the door guided only by their inner guide to ask for a painting, it was quite hard to say no, as you couldn’t really argue with this one, it was obviously meant to be and the request was obviously coming from higher up as they had no prior physical knowledge of me or the paintings.”
After completing the energy series Pete returned to the UK. After such a long stay in India he found it a real culture shock.
When you arrive in India you get a culture shock. Then after a long stay in India you get settled in and India becomes the norm, the new reference point. When you return to the UK you get culture shock all over again. The two places are just so different, not just on the physical, but the way the mind works and the way you think is turned completely upside down.”
Pete returned to the UK with his energy paintings which were a record of his experience of the spiritual places he visited, in particular the time he lived at his favourite place, Meherabad in central India. For the next two years the Energy Paintings formed a base for a new series of paintings where he integrated the techniques and feelings he learned in India into his new series of paintings. These new paintings were based on the holiday resorts, sports and places we all love on a physical and emotional level. This would complete the circle bringing all of the feelings of joy and happiness in the physical and the spiritual into his art.
Pete’s paintings for sale can be found on the site. The paintings from India for sale can be viewed on this link – India Paintings for sale.
When you see a new painting released for sale you will often see the paintings are in pairs or triplicates, two or three similar paintings. If you order a painting commission I will often paint two paintings for you to choose your favourite one. This has a lot to do with the way I paint and keeping the paintings free and spontaneous.
Many of the paintings are composed of bold and striking colours in combination to form the overall image. Visitors to the studio are often surprised when they view a painting close up to see just how many different colours are in there. It’s like a composition, a musical, where all the colours form notes which when in viewed in a sympathy perform a concert to the eye of the mind.
The first part of the painting process is very fluid, with an instantaneous, spontaneous and inspiration blast of colour. I will often start two or three paintings at the same time. Each painting similar to the other at the start of the process. This first part of the painting can happen very quickly and covers the whole canvas in a beautiful wash of colour. The first impression of the image creates pulls and pushes of colour as the different colour combinations work together. This first stage is part worked out and part random. I work the colours out to represent areas of the painting and feel how they will work to draw you into the painting. As this undercoat of colour is applied it can have its accidental miracles and strokes of genius as the composition starts to emerge very quickly. It’s a little uncontrolled and righty so. The painting is allowed to flow and develop spontaneously, and this creates a dynamic composition which is free and liberal, expansive and expressive. This part of the painting means that no two paintings can ever be the same even if I try.
The next part of the process is where I start to add detail and make the paintings work, glow and sparkle by the addition of more colour combinations. Colours are laid onto the paintings with various techniques to pull you into the painting and create a depth of feeling.
Throughout this process the colours start to work together and I can suddenly see a way to take the colour scheme which I had not anticipated. This creates a dilemma. Do I paint the painting in the way I thought would work, or do I follow this new way which the colours in the painting are indicating? Which way do I go and which will work the best?
This is where I use two or three paintings to solve the dilemma and create a freer painting which can go with the flow. I put one painting aside and go with the new colour scheme with the other painting. Then seeing how this new colour combination has worked, I then use this to progress on the second painting. Then this second painting helps me to progress with the first and so on. This way it keeps my mind out of the painting process and it allows the colours to work naturally and harmoniously together in an intuitive way. This is what makes these paintings so special. They have a real depth of feeling and longevity of interest so you can view the time after time and see them differently every time.
It is this technique which works so well in the paintings and in life. A bit of mind and a lot of intuition makes real pleasure work, real experiences and so much fun. It just works, and it works real deep down. But keeping that troublesome mind out the way is a real job in itself.
See the paintings for sale on the web site and on facebook
My paintings are all about the ultimate joy in life which we can feel. They work to try to capture the joy and feelings of upliftment which we al seek to find through whatever we are doing.
We all love to have fun, enjoy life, smile and be happy. Behind these emotions is a beauty which we can access at these special and rare times of pure pleasure, in whatever place or activity it may be.
I have spent much of my life chasing this illusive and special beauty which we feel in our times of joy and happiness; from the Himalayas, to the Pacific islands, from hedonistic skiing in the alps to sailing and surfing in the Caribbean, from spiritual gurus to beautiful women, from sunning in the Indian Ocean to blissful meditating in the depths of Asia’s spiritual heritage.
I have chased this nugget of gold all round the world and it has been a lot of fun, it’s a really great job to have to do, but someone has to!
I always have my camera or paint brush to hand to capture these moments of pure happiness. When I hit on a particularly rich seam of pleasure, happiness, joy and fun I rush in to capture its essence. In these images and especially the paintings I have strived to distil this illusive path to joy and pleasure into a concentrated form. In my paintings I have used special techniques of light and dark, sparkling colours, inspirational brush strokes, gold and silver leaf and everything else which can stimulate these feelings of upliftment and pleasure. I try to produce a link from beyond the physical to make images which replicate these feelings in the paintings, once I have returned home. Fun, joy, happiness and pleasure rule the waves and oceans, so take a look at the painting to see if it works for you. It does for me. I love my paintings, do you?
Check out the paintings for sale on the web site from colourful tropical sunset oil paintings to skiing in the frozen mountain tops. This year I am moving towards painting larger paintings for sale as they give me so much fun. You really feel like you are sucked into the paintings when you stand in front of them, especially the sunsets. This winter will see my first large skiing and snowboarding paintings released for sale. Most of the ski paintings for sale over the last few years have been small and make great collections for the wall. This year I will take on the challenge to make a very big ski painting for the wall. Check out the facebook page or the blog this winter for more paintings for sale as they are released.
Pete Caswell’s paintings for sale are big and bold and full of colourful brush strokes. Most of the oil paintings are of a vibrant and bold impressionist style, emerging out of a sea of colourful strokes, dabs and lines. Sometimes only a colourful thin line, others thick and broad, laid as buttery paint onto the canvas or partly obscuring another stroke. This vibrant colourful layering creates a dance of colours on the canvas as they mix together in your eye to form the final image. They add an atmosphere of vibrant colourful light and joy to any room.
“I hope the sense of joy is imbued in the paintings I have created for you to enjoy. They are for sale but you don’t have to buy one. Just enjoy.”
Some paintings are lavishly layered with thick butter like brush stroke of pure colour giving a superb texture. Some paintings have sub layers of texture over which a picture is painted. Other paintings are painted onto a smooth canvas/board allowing one colour to be laid thinly over another and the image etched back out of the painting. This technique works wonderfully with images of water laid over the sand, reflections and complex images of flowers.
Look at the bold placing of pure vibrant colour and the interlayering of brush strokes. One colour over another. Quite beautiful, vibrant and colourful. This layering of colour and compilation of colours and brush strokes leads to a more complex image which is more interesting to the eye. It makes for a brighter and more appealing painting which will hold the viewers interest for much longer. In some images it can take a while to see all that is hidden amongst the colours and quite often you can see things that I have yet to see.
The paintings are all about joy, pleasure, pure happiness, an expression of joy. There are no miserable bits, no exploring a hidden dark side or repressed childhood.
“This is all about pure unadulterated joy in as much depth, concentration and exuberation as I can get to flow off the end of the brush. However I can achieve this, and through whatever medium and technique, this is the absolute and only target of the work. If my work doesn’t make you feel good, I’ll give you your money back.”
All the works are intuitively created into a mesmerizing blend of colour combinations which fall off the brush and create onto the canvas an uplifting and captivating scene. This combination gives a moving and exciting feast for the eyes which will give you many years of interest and joy. The bigger the painting you can afford the better.
This combination of colours lifts the painting from a flat image to something which is more experiential by creating the image inside of the head instead of on the flat canvas. This gives a deeper and more interesting and stimulating image to look at.
John Henderson an art expert who lives nearby comments,
“Pete’s work is a wonderful collage of light flicks of paint placed in a beautiful style of complete freedom combined with series of broken lines, all combining to form the full image which can often take several seconds or minutes in some of the deeper paintings. The paintings are centred around a main primary colour backed by a series of balancing secondary complimenting colours. Pete is a colourist pure and simple and in a class of his own in freedom and style. . While he sometimes describes himself as an impressionist his work is beyond the realms of impressionism. I see qualities in his work which evoke feelings an atmospheres of many great artists, especially Kokoschka, but to pin any one name on his work would be missing the point. This work is of a quality an freedom that is rarely seen. My only advice is to buy these paintings while they remain affordable. They can only appreciate in value. Good Luck in your work”.
Pete’s paintings can be found for sale on his Web site www.petecaswell.co.uk
