Title/headline . . . . . . How Peter began painting rural scenes is simple, even if it sounds daft.By : Deborah Susan Jones : Editor
The Butcher's Shop.Have you ever explored
small rural towns in search of inspiration? We do it all the time.
South Shropshire is full of wonderful shops, many family owned and
family run. The Butcher;s Shop in this painting is in Ludlow, the most
beautiful and distinctive market town in South Shropshire. They sell
all manner of local produce: Venison, Game, local Lamb and eggs, all
manner of genuine organic foodstuffs. It stands near Woolworths, now
eerily empty (at time of writing) and the market square which dates
back centuries. It is not far from the Castle Bookshop where you will
find our books prominently displayed.Peter was absolutely
smitten by this particular butcher which can't have changed much since
the fifties although it gives a feel for Tudor times as wee;, with its
distinctive black and white paint livery. Though not timbered it has
the feel of ancient times. The local produce in the window and inside
whetted his appetite and the local staff are very willing and efficient
As for the pheasants or rabbits which hang outside - that thrilled him!
Being London born and bred he was (and is) fascinated by visions of a
truly rural past. Painted in oils, he has
used fluid brush strokes to bring out the feeling and details of the
shop. Touches of Cadmium Barium Red, yellows, cool greys and warn
browns with natural colouring from earth pigments. A bicycle for the
delivery boy leans up against the wall with its inscription and the
door is part open in a welcoming gesture: a pleasing composition and a
popular one. Peter has used, as he always does, a conveniently-sized
handmade unique and framed format which sits any wall.The Butcher's Shop
painting sells at Pye Powder, or Ludlow picture stockist situated in
the area where summary punishments were executed at the Court of Pye
Powder (the court of dusty feet). It is an amazing shop, selling as
well as paintings and prints, furniture of a quality country style and
gifts galore which are highly attractive and also whet the visual
appetite.This butcher's shop is
literally on the spot of an historic site of a" Court
of Piepowders" (from Old French pied
pouldre, literally "dusty feet", meaning an itinerant trader, or pedes
pulverizati) which as long ago as The
Middle Ages was a special tribunal organised by a borough on the
occasion of a fair or market due to the great numbers of people
attracted by same, and the instances of disturbances, and
officials were authorised to deliver unlimited summary jurisdiction
including on disputes between merchants, theft, and acts of violence.No Cycling Today is
painted
in oil and framed in a studio-made, uniquely styled and high quality
Artist's frame and is unsurpassed in its totality as an original art
item. Indeed, its is "decidedly different".Deborah Susan Jones : Editor
