Sir Peter Siddell - R.I.P

Sadly Sir Peter's funeral was this afternoon.  He was one of my favourite artists.  There have not been all that many self taught artists who have been so influential.  In a beautiful book called "The Art of Peter Siddell" Professor Michael Dunn said:

    "Siddell sets his dwellings in the landscape, embedded in light-filled space beneath cloudy skies..."

These are two of his works which I like.  One, Phillips the Chemist is featured in the book  and the other is a fairly representative of a series he did from inside looking out.

He will be missed.

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