Peter McArdle

Peter McArdle (born 17 December 1965) is an English artist, member of the Stuckists art group, and gallery owner.

Life and career

Peter McArdle was born in Tynemouth. He finished St. Aidan's RC School (Ashbrooke, Sunderland) in 1983, at which point he began to get sales for his paintings, which have supported him since. From 1990, he participated also in group shows, including the Discerning Eye show at the Mall Galleries, London. and was one of the ten "leading Stuckists" in Go West at Spectrum London gallery in 2006. In 2007, he was shown in I Won't Have Sex with You as Long as We're Married at the A Gallery.

In 2007, he became Head of the Foundation course at Northumberland College, and Fine Art lecturer on the BA course there.

Art

He is a dedicated worker, and has painted seven days a week and starting as early as 4 am. He paints in oil with traditional glazing techniques, taking six months or more per painting, sometimes working with a 000 ("cat's whisker") sable brush. A burnt umber underpainting can have up to seventeen layers of glazing. He rejects a third of the finished paintings.

Gallery

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