Peter Kettle FRSA, RCA

Works
  • Peter Kettle, 3600M DOWN TO SHIPTON'S CAMP, LOBELIA BLOOM - MOUNT KENYA
    Peter Kettle
    3600M DOWN TO SHIPTON'S CAMP, LOBELIA BLOOM - MOUNT KENYA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    16 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
    42 x 60 cm
    £ 2,550.00
  • Peter Kettle, ALONG THE NITHI, EASTERN SLOPES - MUGI HILL GLOWING RED, MOUNT KENYA
    Peter Kettle
    ALONG THE NITHI, EASTERN SLOPES - MUGI HILL GLOWING RED, MOUNT KENYA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in
    60 x 80 cm
    £ 3,650.00
  • Peter Kettle, BENEATH KILIMANJARO, PLAINS OF ACACIA
    Peter Kettle
    BENEATH KILIMANJARO, PLAINS OF ACACIA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
    120 x 120 cm
    £ 7,750.00
  • Peter Kettle, CERO TORRE - PATAGONIA
    Peter Kettle
    CERO TORRE - PATAGONIA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
    50 x 50 cm
    £ 2,350.00
  • Peter Kettle, DUSK ALONG THE NITHI - KENYA
    Peter Kettle
    DUSK ALONG THE NITHI - KENYA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in
    60 x 80 cm
    £ 3,650.00
  • Peter Kettle, GIRAFFES AMONG ACACIA, AMBOSELI SAVANNAH
    Peter Kettle
    GIRAFFES AMONG ACACIA, AMBOSELI SAVANNAH
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in
    100 x 120 cm
    £ 6,795.00
  • Peter Kettle, GORGES VALLEY BENEATH THE ALPINE RIDGES - MOUNT KENYA
    Peter Kettle
    GORGES VALLEY BENEATH THE ALPINE RIDGES - MOUNT KENYA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    23 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
    60 x 50 cm
    £ 2,750.00
  • Peter Kettle, KHUMBU GLACIER, SILENT PEAKS TO EVEREST BASECAMP
    Peter Kettle
    KHUMBU GLACIER, SILENT PEAKS TO EVEREST BASECAMP
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
    50 x 50 cm
    £ 2,350.00
  • Peter Kettle, KILIMANJARO, STEWARDS OF THE SAVANNAH
    Peter Kettle
    KILIMANJARO, STEWARDS OF THE SAVANNAH
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    59 x 47 1/4 in
    150 x 120 cm
    £ 8,750.00
  • Peter Kettle, MOON OVER MOUNT KENYA, APPROACHING THE SUMMIT
    Peter Kettle
    MOON OVER MOUNT KENYA, APPROACHING THE SUMMIT
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    31 1/2 x 47 1/4 in
    80 x 120 cm
    £ 5,850.00
  • Peter Kettle, MOUNT KENYA, SHIPTON'S CAMP DESCENT AMONG GIANT GROUNDSEL
    Peter Kettle
    MOUNT KENYA, SHIPTON'S CAMP DESCENT AMONG GIANT GROUNDSEL
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
    100 x 100 cm
    £ 5,795.00
  • Peter Kettle, MOUNT MERU NEAR KILIMANJARO, AMBOSELI
    Peter Kettle
    MOUNT MERU NEAR KILIMANJARO, AMBOSELI
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
    80 x 80 cm
    £ 4,650.00
  • Peter Kettle, NIGHT AMONG MOUNT KENYA ALPINES, CASTLES IN THE SKY
    Peter Kettle
    NIGHT AMONG MOUNT KENYA ALPINES, CASTLES IN THE SKY
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in
    100 x 120 cm
    £ 6,795.00
  • Peter Kettle, NIGHTFALL AT LAKE ELLIS, MOUNT KENYA
    Peter Kettle
    NIGHTFALL AT LAKE ELLIS, MOUNT KENYA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    50 x 40 cm
    £ 2,250.00
  • Peter Kettle, SUNRISE FROM POINT LENANA, NELION BEYOND
    Peter Kettle
    SUNRISE FROM POINT LENANA, NELION BEYOND
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
    25 x 20 cm
    £ 750.00
  • Peter Kettle, SUNRISE, FIRST LIGHT - KILIMANJARO
    Peter Kettle
    SUNRISE, FIRST LIGHT - KILIMANJARO
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    14 x 11 in
    35.5 x 28 cm
    £ 1,250.00
  • Peter Kettle, THE MOON RAISED HIGH ABOVE NELION PEAK - MOUNT KENYA
    Peter Kettle
    THE MOON RAISED HIGH ABOVE NELION PEAK - MOUNT KENYA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
    60 x 60 cm
    £ 2,950.00
  • Peter Kettle, THE RIVER TURNS NEAR NITHI FALLS
    Peter Kettle
    THE RIVER TURNS NEAR NITHI FALLS
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in
    100 x 120 cm
    £ 6,795.00
  • Peter Kettle, CUERNOS DEL PAINE - PATAGONIA
    Peter Kettle
    CUERNOS DEL PAINE - PATAGONIA
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
    60 x 60 cm
    £ 2,850.00
  • Peter Kettle, MEANDER, RIVER STOUR
    Peter Kettle
    MEANDER, RIVER STOUR
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
    50 x 50 cm
    £ 2,350.00
  • Peter Kettle, SNOW-LINED BIRCH FOREST
    Peter Kettle
    SNOW-LINED BIRCH FOREST
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in
    60 x 80 cm
    £ 3,650.00
  • Peter Kettle, LONG AWAITED SUN
    Peter Kettle
    LONG AWAITED SUN
    Oil and mixed media on linen
    47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in
    120 x 100 cm
    £ 6,350.00
Overview

Peter Kettle creates oil and mixed media paintings by immersing himself in landscape, and considers himself a documentarian and expressive landscape artist. Each year, Peter takes on planned journeys around his native Wales and remote regions of the world; and incoporates journalistic narratives and social geography into his projects. His previous expeditions have led him on a personal journey across the desert plains of Patagonia and to the Andean Foothills to retrace the steps of the Welsh Settlers. Peter's following project embarked on a physically challenging environmental expedition hiking to Everest Basecamp. In sub-zero temperatures, Peter collected rubbish along a 10-day hike to reuse in collage and mixed media works made enpleinair at Everest. Where the story captivates him, he will record elements and nuances of the space to rework into ambitiously scaled and expressive paintings; using paint and other media poured, rubbed and splashed onto the canvas. 

Having worked exclusively in oils, his technique has broadened to incorporate the use of plaster, collage, inks and shellac. His paintings give the impression of well-worn exterior walls, buffeted and corroded over time.  The effect is a characterful, well weathered surface, stony and granular that is at the same time luminous with dramatic light.  His paintings go through a number of stages, deconstructed and layered, to form a complex expression of his subject matter.

Peter started his career in Wales and now lives and works in Bristol, maintaining his travels to his native Wales which remains a continual spur for his work.

He was voted in as an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the Royal Cambrian Academy (RCA). He has featured on the BBC News and published in The Guardian and Money Week as 'One to Watch'. His work his held in private collections internationally.

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