The Winning Poster

One of the benefits of having a panel of judges is that
one judge can recuse herself if there is a conflict of interest,
so although Shelton didn’t have a hand in the creation of this
poster, she did let the other two judges make the call because of
her involvement with the Winter Park Autumn Art Festival.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
“Whether I’m painting in the Everglades or in the marshes
of South Carolina,” said Peter Pettegrew, “these Southern
wetlands have a feel and presence like nowhere else I’ve been.
This land is where the spirit within lies very close to the surface.
Its beauty abounds, and one does not have to struggle to locate
its magnificent side,”
Pettegrew has been capturing the outdoors, as he does
with Ostello View, since he was a child. His aunt, also a painter,
insisted that the 4-year-old be given no coloring books but only
blank paper after seeing his sketches. As a teen, Pettegrew was
accepted into the prestigious Harbor Senior High in Santa
Cruz, California, afterwards continuing his formal education at
the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Acclaimed for his gallery exhibitions, the Orlando, Florida,
artist has attracted collectors such as Dan Quayle, John Travolta
and John Rigsby, but the artist is most thankful for his ability to
protect nature as he shares it with others.
The poster was designed by C&S Press Inc.

Excerpt from Sunshine Artist Magazine

Text and art Courtesy of Sunshine Artist Magazine

Florida landscape impressionist painter Peter Pettegrew is guest of honor at his one man show hosted by The Annex at Neptune Beach FL.
A Collection of New Works from this modern day plein air impressionist. Pettegrew brought 39 paintings along with original handmade serigraphs and stone lithographs painted over the last 2 years. The collection includes painting from his travels in Montana, California, South Carolina, the Caribbean and, of course, Florida.
The huge collection of Pettegrew landscapes was matched by the huge turn-out for this fund raiser and the 1st Pettegrew show here at the Annex.
The show will be up until 25th of July The Annex 200 1st Street North Neptune Beach Florida (904-247-7200)

Peter Pettegrew’s art consulting expertise is tested at the famous “Old Florida” tourist attraction Gatorland. Be sure to watch the video to see Peter talking about the project.

Working alone in swamps isn’t unusual for Peter Pettegrew. But Gatorland, his current south Orange County location, is hardly the typical studio for the renowned landscape artist.

Traffic from Orange Blossom Trail whizzes behind him. Noisy construction crews hammer around him, rebuilding the entrance to one of Central Florida’s oldest attractions.

“It’s been an interesting project. Every morning we walk through [Gatorland] and look at all the nesting birds,” said Pettegrew, who makes landscapes on canvas — not huge walls — his life’s work. One of his paintings has fetched as much as $35,000 at auction, and his work is in museums, corporate offices and the private collections of former Vice President Dan Quayle and actor John Travolta.

Pettegrew, 44, and fellow artists Rita Canan and Alison Horne, owners of Orlando firm Muralistically Inclined, are finishing a weeks-long project that includes four 21-foot-tall murals on the outside of Gatorland’s new retail building.

–From the Orlando Sentinel

Read the whole story *here*.

Florida landscape artist Peter Pettegrew has been hired to consult at historic Gatorland, one the first of the classic tourist attractions of old Florida and the last one still operating as a private business. It is conveniently close to Peter’s home base in Orlando, Florida.
The muralist art directors at Gatorland hired Mr. Pettegrew to consult on a major (and by major, we mean physically huge) section of the project.
Pettegrew was retained on the basis of his vast knowledge of the painted Florida landscape and his 20-odd years of roaming the Kissimmee River Basin, the Everglades and the St Johns River Basin.
Distilling his many experiences combining plein air painting and Dixie crocodilians, Peter says, “Gators love it it when people are just standing around– like someone painting a landscape.”

Love me some ‘gators!

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:A Day At The Beach
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Board
Size:11×14

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:Looking West
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Board
Size:12×24

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:Virginia Waterlillies
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Board
Size:12×16

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:Newton’s View
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Board
Size:20×16

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:End Of A Good Day
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Canvas
Size:18×24

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:Full Moon Fishing St Johns
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Canvas
Size:20×24

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:Spring Shower
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Canvas
Size:11×14

Artist:Peter Pettegrew
Title:Twilight Gem
Medium:Oil
Substrate:Canvas
Size:4×6

Renowned Central Florida art Peter Pettegrew donated his painting “Kissimmee River Basin” to benefit the Carter Center, which sold at the 2008 Winter Weekend Auction held in Port St Lucie, Florida. A very good price was made, and former President Jimmy Carter is pictured here with the painting.
In total, the auction gathered more than one million dollars for The Carter Center, which is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering.

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