Peter Barker's Palette

      'From the North Shore, Rutland Water', oil 9 x 12 inches.  What artist can resist a contre-jour subject, with pure sunlight ...

  'A View of Semerwater, Yorkshire Dales', oil 12 x 17 inches. I painted this one from a reference photo on the way to the Lake Dist...

Here's one of mine, a commissioned piece that sold for Christmas Day, 'Gossamer Sunset' a 9 x 12 inch oil of the view at Morco...

                 'Barnsdale Bluebells', oil 6 x 8 inches.  A commissioned painting. Hopefully by the time these beautiful flowers ar...

                           Oil 9 x 12 inches.  Painted using a photo taken during the beast from the east in 2018, I just loved that intense...

Pastel 11 x 10 inches Here's a recently finished Pastel portrait of 'Otis', my step-daughter's Border Terrier, done for he...

                            Oil 7.5 x 10 inches.   One of the most beautiful parts of England, especially at this time of year - blues, reds...

                          Oil 10 x 14 inches.   New studio painting. Just liked the way the cottages were perched on the steep hillside, and...

                           Oil 12 x 17 inches   A recent commissioned painting, with the view from the top of Morcott Windmill - not a view ...

  Oil 9 x 12 inches   Another painting from the recent trip with artist friends to the Peak District. This was the last painting of the day,...

  Here's a recent commissioned painting of 'Nelly' for a lovely couple, entailing a lot of subterfuge from husband, but successf...

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                          Oil 12 x 17 inches  A dream subject, looking straight into the sunlight, with the abbey ruins silhouetted against...

                               Oil 9 x 12 inches.    Finished in the solace of the studio after painting in a hurricane at last week’s paint...

Watercolour 9 x 12 inches   I didn’t quite get the shaft of light on the hillside above the cottages, which was the hook to paint this view...