PETER GOODFELLOW

Peter’s career ranged from the high-profile work that found its way into the newspapers and National Portrait Gallery, to the expressive colourist landscapes that established him as a known and deeply loved figure in the Scottish art world. Since his move up to Scotland in the 1980s, his name and art have been closely associated with his enduring love of the highlands and all the beauty they hold.

Having represented Peter’s art for several years, we know his eye for the rich details and underlying emotion of the Scottish landscape was unparalleled. His sensitivity and attention to the world around him made him an incredible artist… and someone who will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

Talking about his artwork, Peter said:

"Perhaps it is because of my earlier incarnation as an illustrator, where I was constantly asked to fulfil tight briefs - usually employing photorealistic techniques - [that] my painting, which has evolved over the last 17 years, has taken the opposite direction.

"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."

Peter Goodfellow saw himself as an 'out and out colourist'. Inspired by art movements such as early Italian Renaissance and German Expressionism, Peter Goodfellow's paintings capture the extraordinary beauty and power of the natural world.

He often painted the same subject repeatedly to distil colour and form, but each of his paintings communicates a strong sense of time, mood and atmosphere.