Peter Batchelder
Biography
Born in Beverly, MA on Boston’s North Shore, Peter has spent time living through New England in both coastal and western Massachusetts, Martha’s Vinyard, Vermont, and currently, New Hampshire. Peter trained in studio art at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (BFA 1986)
Having Established himself as a successful Creative Director and designer, Peter continued pushing his studio work and opened a small gallery in Vinyard Haven, on Martha’s Vineyard, where he lived year-round for three years, in the early 90’s. Upon returning to the mainland, co-founded, as Creative Director, a web design and software company based in New Hampshire, while maintaining his studio work. His work is represented by prestigious galleries in Boston, Vermont, Cape Cod, New Hampshire, Bluffton, SC, Houston and Milwaukee, Martha’s Vineyard, and the Berkshires.
Statement
Throughout my life I have had the benefit of living in different rural environments within New England.
I typically begin a piece with multiple sketches in either graphite or charcoal to work out the composition. Then I often transition to small pastel studies to experiment with palette. I use many layers of paint in my work to allow me to pull the under color to the surface and create depth and movement to highlight form and the way light defines a subject.