Peter Barker @peterjbarker

I am a Professional Artist, painting in Oils, Pastels and Watercolours. all sorts of subjects; landscape, animals, dead-still-life........... peterbarkerfineart.co.uk Rutland, England Joined March 2011

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

Are you seeing lots of Red Admiral butterflies in your garden? Well, they're not Red Admirals - they're Scarlet Tiger Moths, enjoying a mass takeover. I snapped this one on my studio wall. But where are all the Red Admirals, Small Tortoiseshells and Peacocks, so common before?

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

Oh, the irony of so many overtly Palestinian sympathisers at Glastonbury, when at least 364 people were murdered and more than 40 were taken hostage at a similar music festival in Israel on October 7th last year.

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

STOP PRESS - HOLD THE FRONT PAGE! My demo tomorrow has been changed from Pastels, to OILS! Probably something watery, like this:

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

If anyone's interested, I'm giving a Soft Pastel landscape demo on Monday 15th April, to the Oakham Art group, from 10.30am-12.30pm, at Oakham Bowling Club, 9 The Vale, Oakham LE15 6JQ. £3 on the door - what a bargain, to see ME!!! Just turn up on the door. One I did last time:

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

'Wildflower Posie', oil 6 x 6 inches. Didn't plan to paint this, and not generally my genre, but when Jane put a couple of little posies from the garden on the dining table, I couldn't resist painting one. #posies #posy #wildflowers #woldflowerposie #LoveRutland #loveuppingham

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

'The View to Wing, from Lyndon' oil 10 x 14 inches, sold today, but still more left at peterbarkerfineart.co.uk/collections/ly… #LoveRutland #thecountyofgoodtaste #discoverrutland #picksbarn #picksbarncafe #Lyndon #Lyndonpaintings #paintingsoflyndon #viewtowing #wing

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

Apprentice jockey by the studio this morning...

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

This beautiful, tiny male Siskin banged into our orangery window this morning. He's now recovering slowly - I've placed him on the bird table to keep away from cats and hoping he will make a full recovery from concussion... #siskin #tinyfinch

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

Go buy this new book by Jenny Aitken - it's a gem! Apart from being a great instruction book, its a lovely coffee-table type tome, with lots of Jenny’s beautiful paintings displayed on the pages. I thoroughly recommend it to artists of all abilities.

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

a year ago

📷 I managed to get this very poor photo of Kev the Red Kite. You can just about make out his great yellow talons. He has incredible eyesight, appearing from nowhere, circling around, then moves ever closer before the final dive. #redkite #birdofprey #raptors

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

2 years ago

'Great Oak', oil 7.5 x 10 inches. I took a photo of this magnificent organism a couple of years ago and felt it deserved a painting. I loved the branch that is coming out at us - just loved painting that and giving the illusion of three-dimensions on a flat board.

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

2 years ago

'Yorkshire Dales Barn', oil 6 x 8 inches. Another cheery one on this horrible, dank day, with a bit of artistic licence - I put in the track as a lead-in to the picture. #yorkshirebarn #yorkshiredales #yorkshiredalesnationalpark #yorkshire #yorkshiredaleslife

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

2 years ago

'Poppies and Mayweed', oil 6 x 8 inches. Yesterday was such a miserable day, I thought I would do something cheery, so here it is. I described the vegetation with a lot of palette knife marks. #poppies #poppypainting #paintingofpoppies #mayweed #cornfieldflowers

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

2 years ago

First sale today is this little 5 x 7 inch oil of mine, 'Wing Meadows', now winging its way to a local person. Still more of mine left at peterbarkerfineart.co.uk/collections/pe… and heavily discounted ones: peterbarkerfineart.co.uk/collections/pe… #peterbarkerpainting #peterbarkeroilsforsale #paintingsforsale

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

2 years ago

'Frost by the Nene', oil 6 x 8 inches. A quick, loose study of the River Nene near Water Newton. I've left the onlooker's eyes to fill in the blanks, rather than doing it all for them. #RiverNene #waternewton #peterboroughnene #paintingoffrost #loosepaintingstyle #loosepainting

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Peter Barker @peterjbarker

2 years ago

Here's another one of mine at knockdown price - Portree Harbour, Towards the Cuillins, oil 10 x 14 inches - was £1095, now £600! Details at peterbarkerfineart.co.uk/products/portr… #portree #portreeharbour #isleofskye #skye #marinepainting