Artist: Peter Alan Baker  ASGFA

Artist Biography:

At an early age, Peter was recognised as being visually gifted and at sixteen, he was awarded a scholarship, as an exceptional student, to study illustration and printmaking at Hornsey College of Art, 1964. After completing this course he studied painting for two years at the Byam Shaw School.
He worked as a freelance designer and illustrator in London until moving to Bath in 1972. Shortly afterwards he extended his training as an art teacher at Bath College of Higher Education gaining his B.Ed, hon [Art] at Bristol University. In addition to working in secondary schools, Peter spent six years teaching in Community Education, Torquay, [assessed by Ofstead as being `exceptional` and `excellent`, later that year he was awarded an educational `Oscar` for inspirational teaching by South Devon College in 2003. Now retired, he concentrates on his own artwork specialising  in figurative studies and maritime themes. Peter has been highly trained to work in all media but has recently developed distinct ways of working with watercolour, graphite and ink soluble pencils which gives his work a unique atmospheric quality although the subjects that he chooses to depict are very `realistic `. As a Devon artist, Peter exhibits his art in West Country Galleries and has work in numerous private collections throughout the U.K.