Peter Power
Peter was born and spent his early career in the Army, serving with the Airborne Forces, mainly in the Middle East. In 1965 Peter settled in a village near Guildford with wife Yvonne, and in his spare time began to develop his interest in painting with the inspiration of the Surrey countryside around him. In 1977 Peter began specialising in marine painting with occasional landscapes and with 172 private commissions on order he decided to give up his surveying career to paint full time.
The “Mary Rose Trust” and “Victory” museum were both so impressed with Peters work that limited edition prints of major paintings, “THE MARY ROSE”, “VICTORY BREAKING the LINE”, and “THE BATTLE of CAPE TRAFALGAR, have been produced and these, together with other reproductions of post cards, are sold at the respective museums and the Greenwich Maritime Museum.
Encouraged by Spanish collector Rafael Pedrosa, an enthusiastic follower of Peter’s work, Peter started work in 1988 on six large paintings of Christopher Columbus’ famous voyage of discovery to the New World; the final painting was completed in May 1990. These works combine Peter’s outstanding artistic talent with historical and maritime accuracy.
My first meeting with Peter was in 1980 and the high quality of his work and his attention to detail has always impressed me and he must be considered one of the finest marine painters of the late 20th century.