Though studying at the Ravensbourne College of Art and Design in the sixties Peter is mainly self- taught. “I don’t believe I use any of the techniques learned at college and most of what I do comes from trial and error over the last twenty years, it is difficult not to be influenced by others, and I guess we have all taken things from cave paintings onwards. Though I try to do what comes naturally these days and not get to involved in the work of others, a nod of thanks to John Blockley, Lewis Noble and Hannah Woodman, not to forget the masters Paul Cezanne for his wonderful use of the brush and Marc Chagall and his wonderful use of colour, both who haunted my younger years”.
A contemporary British landscape painter Peter Bashford’s work covers a range of media, working in multiple layers he mainly uses acrylics for their quick drying property, “it means I can get on with things!” He also works in Inks using bamboo pens and brushes made by his friend Bina Shah, watercolours and sometimes uses oils on top of his acrylic work.
His work covers various landscapes and a passion for wild and empty places and often feature his love for Pembrokeshire, Kerry, the North Yorkshire Coast and the rural landscape around the small market town on the river Ouse in North Buckinghamshire where he is based. He is widely travelled and his more abstracted works are often based on memories of the colours, heat and changing weather of times in Nepal, India and China where he lived for a short time.
He has exhibited widely, run courses in the UK and Spain and twice been a featured artist in international journal Artists and Illustrators. He also spent two Autumn/Winter residencies on the West Coast of Ireland in a wonderful cliff top studio for which he is ever grateful.