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ART APPRECIATION AT FOURWAYS GARDENS
PRESENTED B Y FR ANCESC A BEA TTIE
ur artist for September is Peter hardly believe that when I rst arrived here paintings are, of course, the most important
Hall, internationally-acclaimed in 1988, I was already a full time artist, still central part of what I do, but even those
artist, explorer, photographer in my 20s and back then working only in have kept changing and evolving both in
Oand story-teller. water colours. terms of the techniques and medium I use,
as well as the subject matter. For many years
In an interview with Francesca Beattie, this I’ve been an artist for so long now, I see I painted wilderness landscapes, mostly
is what Peter had to say: everything I do as part of the art and from our own stunning parks, such as the
I consider myself extremely blessed and creativity that I am pursuing – at times, Kruger Park and the Kalahari, but also a lot
fortunate to have called Fourways Gardens it might be photography or writing and from Antarctica, the Arctic and even remote
home now for the past 32 years and can at other times, drawing or painting. The parts of the Amazon.
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