About
Peter Keegan is a professional artist living and working in Buckinghamshire, UK, specialising in portraiture. Trained at Cardiff School of Art and working in oils, Peter follows traditional techniques but uses them in a way to depict the people he meets in a modern and original style. His aim in portraiture is to always create a painting or drawing that reflects the subject's likeness and personality, as well as capturing those special elements which make the subject truly "them". Peter also paints and exhibits figure paintings, local landscape and still life paintings.
Peter co-presents the podcast Ask an Artist: the podcast dedicated to offering free advice and guidance about the business side of being an artist.
Peter is a member of the Visual Images Group, an honorary member of the Winslow & District Art Society and is an elected member of the Buckinghamshire Art Society and the Oxford Art Society.
Peter is also a brand ambassador for Michael Harding Oil Paints and Rosemary & Co brushes, sets of which he sells here online.
From the beginning of 2020, Peter was made the first ever Artist in Residence at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. To celebrate their 10th Anniversary, Peter was commissioned to paint a number of large scale canvases depicting life inside the theatre. The paintings are on permanent display along the promenade inside the theatre. The exhibition is free to visit when the theatre is open to the public.
Some of Peter's work can be found in public collections as part of the Public Catalogue Foundation. Please click here to visit the Public Catalogue Foundation website.
Galleries
Kingfisher Art - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Fitch & Fellows Gallery - Thame, Oxfordshire
Theatre Residency - more information
Commission a Portrait - more information
Peter is also the Creative Director of Art Profile.
Visit www.artprofile.co.uk to find out more
Notable Exhibitions
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Residency Paintings - Nov 2019 permeant exhibition
Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition, Oxford - Aug 2021
New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London Jul 2021
Broadway Arts Festival Exhibition, Jun 2021
Ruth Borchard, Self-Portrait Prize, May 2021
Royal Society of British Artists, Rising Stars Exhibition, Mar 2021
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition, Oxford - Oct 2019
RBSA Portrait Award, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham. Winning the Jacksons Art Young Artists Prize - 2019
Solo Exhibition at Green & Stone Gallery, Chelsea, London - 2019
SOTA Gallery, Witney, Oxfordshire - 2019
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London - 2018
Patchings Art Festival, Nottinghamshire - 2018
Buckinghamshire Art Society, Buckingham - 2016 - present
Bucks Art Weeks - 2015 - present
Wooburn Arts Festival, Buckinghamshire - 2016 - 2018, 2022
Art in Action Arts Festival, Oxfordshire - 2014 - 2016
Artist & Illustrator’s Artist of the Year, Mall Galleries, London, Winning the People’s Choice Award - 2013