Peter Bowen Art

Looking at nature is a wonderful experience. Just take a walk in any country garden and you will discover some amazing designs and complex patterns that mother nature has created. Resently we visited Waterperry Gardens - eight acres of landscaped ornamental gardens, that are guaranteed to delight and inspire garden-lovers and artists from across the country and the world. Founded more than seventy years ago as a School of Horticulture for Ladies, the gardens at Waterperry have evolved into a stunning oasis of calm and beauty in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside. It's not until you stop to smell the roses that you realize how complex the very nature of flowering plants are, and how wonderous they can be with their own unique methods of attracting insects (and us) to them. Nature can accomplish feats that engineers have only been able to dream of until now. But as scientists peer deeper into the cellular and molecular workings of nature, engineers are starting to find informa

The Antrim Coast — Northern Ireland This is one of the most interesting and scenic coastlines in the United Kingdom. There is lots to see and do including castle ruins, tour the world's oldest whiskey distillery, discover small harbours, and hike along the famous Giant's Causeway (a World Heritage Site). Dunluce Castle These romantic ruins, perched dramatically on the edge of a rocky headland, are testimony to this region's turbulent past. During the Middle Ages, the castle resisted several sieges. On a stormy night in 1639, dinner was interrupted as half of the kitchen fell into the sea, taking the servants with it. That was the last straw for the lady of the castle. The countess of Antrim packed up and moved inland, and the castle "began its slow submission to the forces of nature." While it's one of the largest castles in Northern Ireland and is beautifully situated, only ruined walls are left standing today but well worth a visit. The 16th-century expansio

The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in northwest England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes and its mountains (or fells), and also its associations with poets and artists. The central and most-visited part of the area is contained in the Lake District National Park - one of fourteen national parks in the United Kingdom. It lies entirely within Cumbria and is one of England's few mountainous regions. All the land in England higher than three thousand feet above sea level lies within the National Park.

Peter Bowen watercolour artist North Curry Cricket Club by Peter Bowen Cricket has been played off and on in North Curry for well over a century on different fields around the Parish. However it is the Bird In Hand public house that is the spiritual home of North Curry cricket. The present team has been playing together since 1994 when they rolled out a bumpy square on the village Playing Fields and entertained such clubs as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra C.C. and a rather bemused Kent League team from Eridge. A conflict of interests at the Playing Fields with the village football club led to the team upping stumps to Taunton in 1996, but North Curry C. C. are ambitious and motivated and became a Somerset League Club in 2000 gaining promotion to Division 5 in 2003. The club excels at indoor cricket winning 3 league titles in the Somerset County Cricket Club’s indoor leagues and singing, always being in great voice when Somerset are at a Lords final. One day soon the club will retur

Discover Form and Function - Basic Drawing of Shapes within Structures Creating The Scene - Pen and Ink with Watercolour Washes Letting Yourself Go - Creative Watercolour Techniques

The Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon) The journey begins behind the most powerful 2' (two foot) gauge steam locomotives in the world through the fabulous scenery of the Snowdonia National Park. The railway runs from alongside the awe-inspiring Caernarfon Castle, snaking around seemingly impossible bends, up hard gradients and around the foothills of Snowdon to arrive at Rhyd Ddu, about 12 miles from Caernarfon and high up in the Snowdonian mountains. The railway links to some tremendous walks too, not least the Snowdon Ranger and Rhyd Ddu paths up Snowdon or the Nantlle Ridge or Mynydd Mawr walks from Rhyd Ddu. There are excellent real-ale pubs at Waunfawr and Rhyd Ddu, and the Lôn Eifon cycleway runs alongside the railway from Caernarfon to Dinas. Rhyd Ddu is only the half-way point of this phenomenal railway project. Work has already started to complete the railway through to Porthmadog via Beddgelert and the famous Aberglaslyn Pass. At Porthmadog, the Welsh Highland Railway (W

Driving through the Somerset countryside one day, this scene was spotted, a collection of farm buildings quite grey and drab in colour and the white clean wash hanging out to dry. Washing lines full of clothes drying in the wind feature strongly in many of the artist’s works and provide an almost endless source of imaginative works.

Tetbury, Gloucestershire is a haven for antiques enthusiasts. With over 30 antique shops, the town centre has earned an international reputation. At the centre of the town is the famous Great Market House, which was built in 1665 and features an impressive illuminated clock installed in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. The dolphins, which have become Tetbury's emblem adorn the weather vane. This limited edition print is one of only 250 prints worldwide.