Peter Adderley - Artist

Peter Adderley was born in 1965 and grew up an a rural area around Staffordshire. He attended Wolverhampton Polytechnic and following his graduation worked as a freelance card designer and artist. It was in 1990 that he decided to devote himself to painting on a full time basis. Peter Adderley now resides in North Devon and works from his home studio. His work contains many coastal references and he finds living close to the sea inspirational. Louis Armstrong, Courtney Pine and Ella Fitzgerald are to name a few of the jazz related artists he find influential. His painting is characterised by his palette of mochas, golds, creams and soft brown acrylics which he lays onto heavy weight watercolour paper. His work is held in collections worldwide.

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