Details

First Name

Peter

Last Name

Southern

Username

peter

Website

http://www.petersouthern.com

Region

Ayrshire & Arran

Disciplines

Drawing, Illustration, Painting, Photography, Printmaking

Themes

Botanical, Figurative, Landscape

Statement

Statement

Having run a Graphic Design practice for over 30 years I am now increasingly concentrating on my own work as a visual artist.

I draw on the technical skills learnt as a designer and illustrator to advance as an artist, producing digital prints and studio photographs. I find inspiration from diverse landscapes, from found objects, and from exotic flora and fauna, bringing together these various elements to produce unexpected photo-realistic images.

I learnt my trade as a designer sat at a drawing board rather than in front of a screen, and I am once again exploring pen and ink, graphite pencil and watercolour as a counterbalance to the ubiquitous computer.

 

Biography

Biography

Education:

1967-69  Bolton College of Art and Design – Foundation Course

1974-77  Manchester Polytechnic – Diploma in Printing (Distinction)

 

Employment :

1977-78  Manager at Welsh Universal Press

1978-79  Design Officer at Gwynedd County Council

1979-82  Design Officer at Tayside Regional Council

1982-91  Exhibition Organiser at Scottish Milk Marketing Board

1992-present   Self Employed – Graphic Design practice – Southern Design

 

Contact:

peter@southerndesign.co.uk