Peter Bright | Napalm Exmoor National Park

This was an extremely successful sell out exhibition – below is the text that went with the show.

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Download/View the Video of the Exhibition 4th Sept. 2007 Windows Media File (low res. 2.51mb)
QuickTime (high res. 28.08mb) Depending on your connection speed this may take some time.

The movie above was taken after the Preview at the Landmark Theatre (4th September 2007)

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These Are the Exmoor Landscapes I Couldn’t Paint

(Oil paint on board – Framed behind glass – all sold) These paintings are still at the Landmark Theatre with the permission of their owners until 7th October.

The six landscapes that form of the core of this exhibition were painted from memory. I tried to execute them ‘en plein air’ but it was the gorse season – no sooner was my easel erected than I fell prey to a severe asthma attack. After several puffs of Ventolin I gathered up all my paraphernalia, shoved it into the back of my Landrover and returned to the sterile safety of my own home, where I finished them off. My original idea was to follow the Monet concept and paint the vista at a given time (so the light, shadows etc. are time specific) – but I would be dead by now. So I gave myself a time limit of 90 minutes to complete the six indoors. I’m not a lover of landscape paintings – these images are a reaction to the environment, physical and visual. In truth I would be happier if Exmoor was concreted over and turned into an out of town shopping complex – I would get more pleasure from the space if it was.

Napalm Exmoor National Park

(Oil paint on canvas – see image below – sold) This painting is no longer at the Landmark Theatre it is now in a private collection.

The seventh (landscape) painting is four canvases stuck together - the title is self explanatory. If this happened maybe a real regeneration of the Exmoor/North Devon economy could happen.

Napalm – a highly flammable jelly, produced by mixing a thickening agent with petrol, and used in flamethrowers and fire bombs.

Exmoor National Park – designated park area in south-western England, established in 1954. It occupies 693 sq km (267 sq mi).

Regeneration - in biology, the ability of a living organism to regrow a portion of its body that has been injured or lost. Plants may regenerate…

Weedkiller Over Clematis

(Oil paint on canvas - all sold)

The fashion for gardening, for an asthmatic, is a cruel joke. We have been ‘doing’ the garden at our home and I made the mistake of planting several climbing plants – I now know I have another contact allergy! Yet again concrete is the only true solution to my problems. The larger paintings in this exhibition are based on the colours these climbing plants go when you spray them with weedkiller.

Painting below is: ‘Napalm Exmoor National Park‘

Invite

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My work is available to buy from Broomhill Art Hotel
Contact the gallery on:(UK) 01271 850262.
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Your Comments:

Tessa Souter … hahahahaha. you should write diary of an allergy person (only think of a better title!) xx
http://www.tessasouter.com/
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Stella…
Oh!… have just re-read your site, you haven’t really bombed Exmoor, just a figment of your imagination.
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Garry Smout… If painting the colours of a plant dying from weedkiller is not both serious yet bloody funny, I don’t know what is!!!!