Peter Goodfellow (born 14 June 1950 in
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
) is a British artist, known for his landscape pictures. He describes himself as an 'out and out colourist' and often paints the same subject repeatedly to distil colour and form.
He was educated at Billingham North Primary then Bede Hall Grammar School. This was followed by studying art at
Middlesbrough College of Art where he took a Foundation Course from 1967 to 1968 as well as a Degree Course at
Central School of Art, London, from 1967 to 1971.
Goodfellow's career really kicked-off in the early 1970s, beginning as a freelancer, illustrating book jackets, the first one being
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...
's ''
Tales from the White Hart
''Tales from the White Hart'' is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, in the "club tales" style.
Thirteen of the fifteen stories originally appeared across a number of different publications. "Moving Sp ...
''. With agents in Hamburg, New York and London, Goodfellow became established as one of Europe's leading illustrators in the field of book covers, package design and advertising.
Between 1972 and the late 1980s, Goodfellow's work could be found on science fiction book covers written by the likes of
Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his l ...
,
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...
and
Olaf Stapledon. He also illustrated the pieces ''Horsell Common'' and ''Parson Nathaniel'' for musical album ''
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
''Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'' is a studio double album by American-born British musician, composer, and record producer Jeff Wayne, released on 9 June 1978 by CBS Records. It is an album musical adapted from the sci ...
''.
Moving to Scotland in 1985, Goodfellow became a landscape artist in 1995, becoming one of the country's best known landscape painters, his work being widely exhibited in various exhibitions.
Other works include creating the
National Lottery "It could be you" finger and writing the book ''Treason of the Scholars''. ''Treason'' critiques the
Turner Prize
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and contemporary artists such as
Tracey Emin and
Damien Hirst and accuses some of them of destroying the quality of the craft.
The book also features contributions from
David Starkey
David Robert Starkey (born 3 January 1945) is an English historian and radio and television presenter, with views that he describes as conservative. The only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambr ...
,
Roger Scruton and
Duncan Macmillan, who all back Goodfellow.
[
Living in Strathdon, ]Aberdeenshire
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It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
, Goodfellow was inspired by art movements such as early Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance ( it, Rinascimento ) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Europe and marked the trans ...
and German Expressionism
German Expressionism () consisted of several related creative movements in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin during the 1920s. These developments were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and central ...
. His paintings capture the extraordinary beauty and power of the natural world.
References
Peter Goodfellow, landscape artist - Tolquhon Gallery
Peter Goodfellow - Watson Gallery Edinburgh
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1950 births
English illustrators
Living people