BIOGRAPHY
Peter Oakley NDD, ATD, MA, PPMAFA
Peter was born in 1935 & studied at Stafford and Leicester Colleges of Art. An exhibiting artist since 1959, he also taught and lectured in art until 1990, with secondment to take a Masters Degree in Manchester in 1987.
In addition to a continuous output of paintings, original prints and drawings, he designed and executed murals, produced set and costume designs for the theatre and carried out many residencies, workshops and commissions.
A stock of work at his studio can be viewed by appointment.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Cheshire Artists NetworkWarrington Visual Artists Forum - Chair 1999 until his death.
Manchester Academy of Fine Arts - Elected member 1987, President 1993-1997, Council Member 1988 - until his death.
CURRENT WORK
Though Peter's work is predominantly non-figurature, stimulus is gained from collections of objects of either private or public significance. He aims at an ambiguity in which forms are familiar yet frequently unidentifiable, -'possible' rather than 'actual'. Objects in domestic interiors have a continuing attraction but much recent work is influenced by artefacts in museums and archeological sites, particulary those seen on travels in Egypt.