Peter McGowan
Peter McGowan was born and raised in Yorkshire, England and still makes his home there. He paints from his studio in the county that has inspired many great artists, including Henry Moore and David Hockney.
Light and its effects fascinate McGowan. He works in several media, including oils, acrylics, watercolors and pastels, to translate this interest to paper and canvas.
He has been influenced by the works of French painter Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, by Rembrandt and Vermeer, and to some extent by Willem De Kooning. McGowan’s early career was characterized by abstract and semi-abstract paintings. While his style has evolved to the more traditional, to this day his paintings still begin as abstracts
McGowan began his career as a Textile Designer after finishing his training at Halifax Art School and Bradford Art College in Yorkshire. He eventually became Design Director of a number of companies in the U.K. and was a part-time university lecturer. He traveled to Europe and the United States lecturing and giving demonstrations on C.A.D. and C.A.M. applications for textile design.
McGowan’s paintings are found in public and private collections in the United Kingdom, Europe and the U.S.
He and his wife have five children.