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PETER THWAITES
is an artist of growing
reputation, with his natural history portfolio painted mainly
in watercolours.
THIS WEBSITE features the fungi collection which continues
to grow with each autumn season. He works only from live specimens
which are usually painted life size. With his eye and skill to depict
detail, these paintings bring the beauty and amazing sculpture of
the mushroom world to life. |
During his early years in Cornwall, Peter used the
medium of painting and drawing to record the natural world around him. His
paintings of mushrooms and toadstools were exhibited at the Royal
Institution in Truro. He
has exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society's C21 exhibition
at the Bankside Gallery in London and at the International ArtExpo
in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2005 he was commissioned by the British
Mycological Society to illustrate their new Pocket Guide
to Common Fungi and this was followed by a commission for a full-size poster, to be published in 2008.
The originals of most of the images shown on the Mushroom Prints page were exhibited and sold at an exhibition of Wild Mushroom Art held during October 2007 at the Five Arrows Gallery, Exbury Gardens near Beaulieu.
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