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"A
windy day windy day"
Pastel,38
cm by 38
£350.00
"Hull
FC"
Pastel,
38cm by 48cm
£435.00
"Time
Out "
20cm by 29cm
SOLD
"Tailender
"
28cm
by 40cm
SOLD
"Market
Cross"
56cm by 40cm"
£600.00
"Getting
Served"
56cm by 40cm
£600.00
"Ponderers"
26cm by 69cm
£
500.00
"Cup
a Char"
27cm
by 27cm
£450.00
"Study
1"
27cm
by 38cm
£200.00
"The
Peck "
20cm by 29cm
£250.00
""The
Park After Dark"
20cm
by 29cm
£250.00
"Key
Hole curtain"
27cm
by 39cm
£300.00
"Bath
Time"
26cm by 69cm
SOLD
"I
won't be late!"
SOLD
Taylor-Pick
on Peter Bell
In
February 2004 Peter Bell walked in my Gallery and showed
me his work. Almost instantly I was captured by the work
that I was viewing. In the eight years that I have had the
Gallery there has never been an artist who has walked in
off the street that has impressed me more than Peter.
The
content of Peter's work depicting everyday events many with
a working class theme, show a real imagination and a sense
of real vision. When viewing Peter's work it would be easy
not to look beyond the instant image of a mass of people
walking, or the knotted handkerchief, the flat cap, the
heads down. But when the viewer can see the meaning of the
painting, life of the people going to work in the factory,
there heads now looking at the ground contemplating the
days work ahead.
In
other paintings one sees the opposite, the same people enjoying
themselves, playing on the beach with their family, or simply
seated on the bench with their spouse, or taking their son
to play football.
Whatever
the mood of man, Peter Bell has the ability to capture him,
at leisure or the monotony of work.
Peter
Bell's natural fluency in subject and composition is all
the more remarkable for someone without formal training
perhaps that is the very reason why his natural ability
as an artist is so refreshing.
When
viewing Peter's work there is a feel of Beryl Cook and L.S
Lowry, I was all most reluctant to make this comparison
when I first saw his work but after speaking to Peter he
mentioned that L.S Lowry was one of the few artist that
Peter admired. Certainly any resemblance of any other artist
cannot deter the originality of Peter's work.
In
the short time that I have know Peter, I feel that his work
draws from his own experience in life, such as working in
a factory in one painting whilst in the next showing the
enjoyment of family in the next.
Without
doubt Peter's own integrity and honesty is abundant in his
work and certainly captures Northern England.
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"I
will bring the sheets in after this cup of tea"
Pastel, 29cm by 25cm
£400.00
"I
will score"
Pastel,
37cm by 47cm
£435.00
"Tea
then out "
Pastel,44cm
by 36 cm
£400.00
"Todays
Runners"
20cm
by 29cm
SOLD
"Tree
of Love "
£600.00
"Play
it Again Mate!"
53cm
by 73cm
SOLD
"The
Hop "
53cm by 73cm
£650.00
"October"
56cm by 40cm "
SOLD
"Dinner
for Two"
39cm
by 28cm
£450.00
"Study
2 "
27cm
by 38cm
£200.00
"Sofa
for One"
28cm
by 38cm
SOLD
"Overall
Dance"
53cm
by 72cm
£650.00
"Caught
One for the Road"
39cm
by 28cm
SOLD
"The
Dance "
20cm
by 29cm
£250.00
"First
Coffee of the Day"
28cm
by 38cm
SOLD
"Apples
and Bench""
£
700.00
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