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Peter Brown is a Bath-based artist, an all-weather painter of street scenes and city landscapes. Known for working directly from his subject, he is more affectionately known as ‘Pete the Street’. He is also the current President of the NEAC (New English Art Club).

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Buckingham Palace, The Day after the Queen's Death, oil painting by Peter Brown.jpg

Lockdown, The Hippodrome Casino and Wyndhams, oil painting by Peter Brown.jpg

Royal Crescent, Summer, 2021, oil painting by Peter Brown.jpeg

Painting at Glastonbury Festival (photo of work in progress) by Peter Brown.jpg

Painting the River Thames (photo of work in progress) by Peter Brown.jpg

Piccadilly, London, the Queen's Platinum Jubilee (photo of work in progress) by Peter Brown.jpg

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Platinum Jubilee, Daniel Street, 2022.jpg

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<figure class="image image-style-align-center"><img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/newspage.com-staging/company/1945/files/94fa2d5112d98d7ad8dc423078059f7d05ed2c188ffddf6e0990da0ec31d1301f4b39d58aa234fb5b8ce09f56c2cc4a42d00f327299570f752ae48b374026271.jpeg"><figcaption>'Buckingham Palace, The Day after the Queen's Death', oil painting by Peter Brown</figcaption></figure>There’s a long history of artists documenting historical events, capturing on canvas important moments in time across the centuries. Bath-based artist Peter Brown (a.k.a. Pete the Street) is determined to keep the tradition alive, believing that a painting offers a unique perspective that a quick snap posted on Instagram can’t compete with.Most recently, Peter documented the ten days following the Queen’s death.&nbsp;“I was walking the dog in Bath in the early morning of 9th September, the day after the Queen died, and it suddenly occurred to me I should be painting Buckingham Palace, so I headed quickly home and jumped into the van.“I completed <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/exhibition/queens-death/">five paintings</a> of the public’s reaction to the proceedings over the following ten days up until the funeral – the crowds outside the palace, along the procession routes and in the royal parks. And then there was David Beckham in the legendary queue along the Thames.”The spectacle of royal pageantry is appealing to Peter, having previously painted the flotilla at the Queen’s diamond jubilee in 2012, the sea of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/artworks/?wpv-wpcf-sale-status=&amp;wpv-wpcf-media=Oil&amp;pricemin=&amp;pricemax=&amp;wpv-wpcf-picture-title=poppies&amp;wpv-country=0&amp;wpv-county=0&amp;wpv-city=0&amp;heightmin=&amp;heightmax=&amp;widthmin=&amp;widthmax=&amp;wpv-subject=0&amp;wpv-weather=0&amp;wpv_sort_orderby=field-wpcf-sale-status&amp;wpv_sort_order=asc&amp;wpv_filter_submit=Search&amp;wpv_view_count=94-TCPID91#foogallery-1478/i:3/p:1">red poppies</a> at the Tower of London, and more recently, local celebrations for the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/platinum-jubillee-daniel-st-scaled.jpg">Platinum Jubilee</a> earlier this year.But it’s not all pageantry and patisseries, Peter also captures the nitty-gritty of everyday life in his work. Many of his paintings from the past few years tell the story of towns and cities and their people during the COVID pandemic. From the empty streets of Bristol (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/St-Michaels-Hill-1.jpg">St Michael’s Hill</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Neptune-Statue-Colston-Ave-November-2022-scaled.jpg">The Neptune Statue</a>) and the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PB190321_0009-copy.jpg">closed West End theatres</a> in London, painted as the first lockdown started to ease, through to bustling scenes of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Hot-September-Morning-Kingsmead-Square-2021.jpg">cafes and restaurants in Bath</a> as people started to venture out for an overpriced coffee once again<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/newspage.com-staging/company/1945/files/635e1e07e2e3065b4b7e8e31b45d89bb9b6946337bce836acd9ec50348d8f783f1d576b021a0d2460bd2a2ed2affd67f691b57bec4c8136f3306505b859bacfa.jpeg"><figcaption>'The Queue with David Beckham', oil painting by Peter Brown</figcaption></figure>His new exhibition ‘<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.victoriagal.org.uk/event/peter-brown-bath-bristol-and-beyond">Bath, Bristol and Beyond</a>’ at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath includes two paintings of the ‘<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-multi-scaled.jpg">Multi</a>’, a car park in Bath that is currently being demolished, and past scenes have included the aftermath of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/artworks/?wpv-wpcf-sale-status=&amp;wpv-wpcf-media=Oil&amp;pricemin=&amp;pricemax=&amp;wpv-wpcf-picture-title=tottenham&amp;wpv-country=0&amp;wpv-county=0&amp;wpv-city=0&amp;heightmin=&amp;heightmax=&amp;widthmin=&amp;widthmax=&amp;wpv-subject=0&amp;wpv-weather=0&amp;wpv_sort_orderby=field-wpcf-sale-status&amp;wpv_sort_order=asc&amp;wpv_filter_submit=Search&amp;wpv_view_count=94-TCPID91#foogallery-1478/i:3/p:1">Tottenham riots</a>. Peter also attends <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.peterbrownneac.com/exhibition/glastonbury/">Glastonbury Festival</a> every year (pandemic permitting) to capture the energy, atmosphere and colour of the event.And, of course, Peter captures moments from everyday life– shopping streets, seaside scenes, commuters, park life, allotment holders, dog walkers and family scenes at home. He paints from life - in all seasons, and in all weathers – even during snowstorms when he works outside wearing fingerless mittens.Peter Brown’s new solo exhibition Bath, Bristol and Beyond opens on 22 October 2022 at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, continuing until 15 January 2023.The exhibition features over 100 new oil paintings by Peter and will also be available to view online from 15 October at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.victoriagal.org.uk/event/peter-brown-bath-bristol-and-beyond">https://www.victoriagal.org.uk/event/peter-brown-bath-bristol-and-beyond</a>Peter will be at the gallery all day for a meet and greet on Saturday 22 October, with an artist talk at 11am.<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/newspage.com-staging/company/1945/files/3032c3a025d4d982ce86216e0eeaa6dda6c406939bdbcc0bccbaaf06e42fb4ef99325398534c76da234b2edf0fe47647dc7125ac7403731f5c8e34898998c162.jpeg"><figcaption>‘Platinum Jubilee, Daniel Street, 2022’, oil painting by Peter Brown</figcaption></figure><blockquote>“I completed five paintings of the public’s reaction to the proceedings over the ten days following the Queen's death – the crowds outside the palace, along the procession routes and in the royal parks. And then there was David Beckham in the legendary queue &nbsp;. . . ”</blockquote>

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