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Peter Clare's work covers a surprisingly wide spectrum of subject matter.
As well as the major themes of 'The Journey', 'The St. Matthew Cycle' and 'The Green
Cycles'
there are 'The Cana' cycle (which explored marriage) and
'The War'
cycle. In addition to work within these thematic streams he has also produced genre works that explore every day life,
landscapes and nudes.
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| Very much a family man and fond grandfather, marriage and the rearing of children
have always provided powerful sources of inspiration for the artist and centred on his
successful Cana cycle, - a cycle that explores the sacrament of Christian marriage, -
Peter continues to produce paintings that celebrate family life.
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| His deep commitment to family life naturally spills over into his social life and he
draws inspiration from the ways people get together in dining rooms, pubs, parks and other
meeting places. Again his work seeks to celebrate human relationships and gatherings of
people enjoying them selves.
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| The artist's interest in and deep sensitivity to the profound energies that give rise
to myth and dreams is perhaps most obviously revealed in his work that springs from this
source discovered very early in his life. Difficult to put into words, his earliest
exhibition theme explored the complex of ideas, feelings and dreams that fall under the
title of Earth Mother. It is his belief that Christianity has roots in these arcane
mysteries and that the archetypes of collective unconscious of men and women should be
given voice, or rather in his case, vision in contemporary terms that our grasp of our
human reality should be balanced and healthy. We ignore the dark mysteries of nightmare
and myth at our peril.
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| Peter Clare believes that when we distance ourselves from our mythic roots, violence
of one kind or another will inevitably break out. And in particular there is a kind of
bleak working out of these subterranean energies in human conflict and eventually war.
Periodically he paints deeply felt work that springs from these concerns. One day, when
the St. Matthew cycle is completed, he hopes to produce a structured cycle of paintings,
'The War Cycle', that will explore all these concerns.
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| And, of course, there are paintings inspired by stories he
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The Joke
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29 October, 1999
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The Refugee Boat
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The Story of Jonah
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Mary - a study
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Brampton Bryan
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City Nightscape
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The Chateau, Vaison la Romagne
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Tulips
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