Timeline

• 1940 Born in Blackwell, a village on the outskirts of Darlington
• 1956 Apprenticeship and trip to Llyn Peninsula, Wales with Ron Barrard
• 1957-1959 Fine Art @ Nottingham School of Art (Nottingham Trent University)
• 1959 Moved to Chelsea, London
• 1960 Brief return to Nottingham, continued studying under John Powell
• 1960 Met Patricia Moyer
• 1961 Moved to Camberwell, London
• 1964 Married Patricia Moyer
• 1965 Moved to Cornwall
• 1965-1966 Development and adoption of acrylic painting
• 1965 Met Frank & Stella Turk (development of important relationship)
• 1969 Dissolution of marriage - brief trip to Cumbria
• 1971 National Film School
• 1971 Returned to Cumbria, married second wife Sandra Stone
• 1972 Godfrey Pilkington’s Piccadilly in London sold the first of Peter’s new Lake District scenes
• 1974 Birth of Sorrel
• 1975 Birth of Jude
• 1996 Worked with Ullswater Community College (UCC) sixth form students
• 1996 Florence tour: visit to beloved renaissance artists with UCC students & teachers
• 2000 Beginning of sculpting career
• 2005 Retired from UCC to recover from surgery