Peter Davis MAFA CBPP
@peterdavis_art
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Prize-winning portrait and urban landscape painter. Artwork for sale. Available for painting commissions and artist talks.
Manchester, England
Joined May 2013
From the buzz of the opening PV to the de-rig today, the CBPP 2025 Exhibition has been an incredible collective effort celebrating the best in contemporary portraiture. I’m so proud to have been part of it! 🎨#ContemporaryPortraiture #ArtExhibition #portraitexhibition #portrait
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The message printed on the bag says "Fancy seeing me again," which felt fitting for a place where people come together. 🥰. Picturedrome on a Tesco bag.Artwork: 29cm x 20cm.Framed: 38cm x 30cm.Ink drawing on recycled paper bag.Price: £85 framed. DM me if you're interested! 📩
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This #bagsy sketch of Picturedrome Macclesfield is for sale for £85 framed as part of the A Small Space exhibition at the Macclesfield Silk Museum (SK11 6TJ). I sketched it in ink on a.#PleaseRecycleMe Tesco Mobile paper bag. 1/2
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2/3 all drawn on #PleaseRecycleMe upcycled paper shopping bags. They are all for sale, please DM me if you’re interested. The exhibition opens this Saturday at The Silk Museum (SK11 6TJ) and runs until 23rd August and is open Wednesday to Saturday, 10am–4pm.
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I’m thrilled that I’ll be exhibiting four original #bagsy drawings at Macclesfield Silk Museum, in a group show by the A Small Space artist collective. I’ll be showing these ink sketches of Nether Alderley Mill, Picturedrome Macclesfield, Jodrell Bank, and Hovis Mill (Macc) 1/3
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Huge shoutout to Glenn Harvey for this awesome film from the opening day of this year’s Contemporary British Portrait Painters’ exhibition! It’s a stellar show by 63 of the UK’s top portrait artists – and it’s on until 5pm this Saturday, at The Department Store, Brixton SW9 8FR
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3/3 …Catherine MacDiarmid and Simon Davis, which are direct and even sometimes confronting; where the subject eyeballs the viewer, insisting on an audience.” - Kate Bryan. #poaty #portraitartist .#theCBPP #therp .#portraiture #art #contemporaryart #fineart #fineartportraits.
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2/3 “Surveying this year's exhibition of Contemporary British Portrait Painters (CBPP) I was struck by the artists that worked in a reduced language, even taking it to the brink of abstraction… At the opposite end of the spectrum are portraits by Peter Davis, Antony Williams….
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The Contemporary British Portrait Painters exhibition catalogue has a brilliant foreword by art curator and POATY presenter Kate Bryan, where she highlights some of the work in the show, including mine: 1/3
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If you're planning to visit the Contemporary British Portrait Painters exhibition this weekend, don't miss out on our limited edition catalogue - it's just £5. Beautifully printed and packed with work by all the exhibiting artists, including mine!
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2/2 It’s set to be an unmissable show featuring works by 63 members of the @theCBPP collective, of which I’m proud to be a part. The CBPP 2025 Exhibition.Downstairs at The Department Store.Brixton SW9 8FR.26th June – 5th July.Open daily, 10am–5pm.Free entry
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Here’s a work-in-progress time-lapse of my painting “The Allegory of Dermis and Gypsum,” which is part of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters’ exhibition opening tomorrow. 1/2
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2/2 The exhibition is on at The Department Store in Brixton from next Thursday 26th June to Saturday 5th July. It’s open 10am–5pm everyday and entry is free. I’ll be there from lunchtime on Friday 27th, so I look forward to saying hi to some of you then! 👋 #portraitexhibition
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Really looking forward to exhibiting my painting “The Allegory of Dermis and Gypsum” in the Contemporary British Portrait Painters’ exhibition in Brixton next week. It’ll be a fab show, featuring work by over 60 of the country’s leading contemporary portrait artists. 1/2
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3/3 Going into schools and teaching the next generation of artists is a huge privilege. If you’d like me to deliver a #portraitworkshop at your school, or know an #artteacher who might be interested, please message me. #arteducation #artistworkshop #artengagement #artlessons
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2/3 The goal was to help them observe and draw what they actually saw, rather than relying on how they think a face should look. As you can see from these photos, it was a fantastic week filled with lots of energy and plenty of fun!…
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Last week, I delivered a ‘Characterful Faces’ portrait workshop across several primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent. Aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils, the sessions focused on exploring facial expressions and encouraging the children to draw their classmates from life… 1/3
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