List of artworks by Peter Coad
1202 - 'Waterline Oscar Ranges' 117x137 by Peter Coad Info: framed SOLD	1203 - 'Harvest Moon Coorong' 117x137 by Peter Coad Info: framed SOLD
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Artist: Peter Coad

Peter was born in 1947 and spent the first ten years of his life in the rural town of Karoonda in South Australia. He studied sign writing for five years along with Graphic Art and Silk Screen Printing at Marleston Technical College, Adelaide from 1965 to 1968. He won the coveted Sandussky Cup for Silk Screen Printing and Design in 1967.

He began painting professionally in 1967. His first solo exhibition consisting mainly of water colours was in 1978 during the Adelaide Festival of Arts. He since has had a further 22 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous mixed exhibitions in Australia and overseas, using various mediums and subjects. His gouache and polyvinyl-acetate series on the Murray River
( River series 1984) and the Coorong (Coorong Sketchbook 1987) firmly established his now recognizable style and uninhibited use of vivid colours and bold strokes.

Peter has travelled extensively, fuelled by a desire for knowledge of ancient cultures and a love and respect for indigenous people and their art forms. These things have been inspirational to him. His first overseas trip was to the West Coast of America, Mexico and Hawaii. Subsequently he travelled to many Asian destinations, Tahiti, Europe, North and East Africa, the East Coast of America and Canada. He continually travels in Australia, gathering material for his colourful paintings.