Graham Petley
Born in Essex in 1944, Graham Petley was educated at the Headley Walter School in Brentwood before studying Design at the South East Technical College. He worked for some time as a window dresser and a deep sea fisherman before opening an art gallery in Rayleigh in 1972. He decided to sell his business in 1980 in order to focus on his paintings; since then having been exhibited across the UK and abroad.
Inspired by the changing seasons this renowned landscape artist captures the mood and poetry of the countryside. All the pastoral pleasures of the country's magical seasons are faithfully recorded and portrayed in his paintings. Rising early to catch the pearly light of dawn or lingering to witness the golden hues of dusk, Graham has captured the timeless charm of the countryside with breath-taking clarity.