Peter Joyce

Who is Peter Joyce?

Peter Joyce is a contemporary English painter whose works focus on the depiction of natural landscapes. Born in Poole, Dorset, Joyce gained a Diploma in Art and Design in 1982 from the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. From here he went on to the Stourbridge College of Technology and Art where he took a BA Degree in Fine Art and History of Art, graduating in 1985. Since then Joyce has had numerous solo and mixed exhibitions and his work is shown regularly in London, America and across Europe. Unusually for a contemporary painter, a great number of galleries deal in Joyce’s work as secondary market pieces as his paintings are regularly purchased through auction.

As well as exhibiting his own work, Joyce also went on to teach art at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth. He taught, amongst other things, the Diploma in Fine Art/Advanced Fine Art course from 1995-2002. Joyce took up the prestigious position of President of the Bournemouth Arts Club from 1998 to 2008.

Joyce now splits his time between homes and studios in South Dorset and Bouin, Vendée, Western France. The main subject of his work up until 2005 was the chalk downland and Isle of Purbeck landscapes. Since then the 'Marais' of the Breton-Vendéen Western France region has been the prominent subject of Joyce's works.