Peter Goodfellow lived his later life in the North East of Scotland after a long and established career. Originally from Middlesbrough, having studied Illustration at the Central School of Art and Design in London, with a professional career as a freelance illustrator, working with agencies across New York, Hamburg and London, and established his presence as a leading illustrator in the world of advertising.
He moved to Scotland (1985), Peter has became widely renowned for his landscape paintings. In contrast to his earlier, photo realistic, illustrative techniques, his landscapes focused on celebrating colour and form with a looser, expressive approach.
“I want the paint surface to have a life of its own. I want it to be alive. To this end, I initially apply large brush strokes in an almost random, abstract manner, taking the paint off over and over again and then reapplying it until I am happy with the mark and I begin to see the beginnings of a place I know. The subsequent brush and palette knife marks will then take me to this place – I have been there. I remember it, the emotion, the weather, the underlying geology, the power of the land never achieved in a photograph. My memory is my reference.”
Some of Peter’s work is exhibited publicly (and last works availabe commercially ) across the UK, in collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as Saatchi and Saatchi, to name but a few, it is also to be found in collections across Europe.
Peter sadly passed away in 2022