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Peter Cosslett - Artist (1926-2012)

Peter Cosslett was born in Cardiff in 1926 and started his working life as a merchant marine which first sparked his interest in the force and drama of the Sea.

Peter took to painting 'as a distraction' after a serious illness resulted in the amputation of a leg and he arranged to attend evening classes. His teacher told Peter there was nothing he could teach Peter that he did not already know, so Peter persisted on his own and before he moved to Devon in the 1970's, he was asked to run classes of his own.

As a Torquay based artist, Peter made coastal subjects very much his own speciality, so much so in the modern rush of life, his paintings represent escapism and relaxation and have an endured appeal to a maritime nation.

Peters success as a as a full time artist over the years stemmed from his fine brushwork and his observation of the sea behaved around the Devon Coastline. The scope of Peter Cossletts work also extended to Landscapes and Snow Scenes and prints of his work in the Devon Area.

Peter Cosslett was considered to be one of the finest contemporary painters specialising in seascapes and was a committed and meticulous artist who had a technical mastery and brushwork that is unsurpassed.