Peter Hugo McClure (born August 19, 1947) is a British artist, poet and architect who is classified as a Geometric abstractionist.
History Peter was born in an RAF hospital in Venice, Italy to a Scottish Father and Serbian Mother.
He studied Art and Architecture at Waltham Forest Technical College, and Art at Ealing. He is best known for geometric artMarion Whybrow, St Ives, 1883 - 1983-1993: Portrait of an Art Colony, pages 207 and 226 which has influenced furniture design, and featured on book coversBouras & Holt, Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, CambridgeRémi Bertrand, La Mandarine Blanch, and in magazines.Boston Magazine Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1993, p. 7–8
McClure's fascination for magic squares, prime numbers, the golden ratio and geometry has driven much of his artwork.The Cornishman Now showing, 13 October 2005
McClure is currently living and working on the Kintyre peninsula.Campbeltown Courier Geometric Painter's perfectly patterned pictures, 13 October 2017, page 18
The Millhouse Gallery In 1989, McClure took over the running of the Millhouse restaurant in Penzance and converted it into a mini arts centre as a gallery venue for chess and the arts.David Kemp, The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain, A Discerning Traveller's Companion, page 40
As the first and only vegan restaurant in Penzance at the time, it became a magnet for local and international celebrities including Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne and Susan (Shoe) Taylor who were regular visitors.The Cornishman Now showing, 15 August 2002
Galleries and locations exhibiting his work Roberts & Margari Trust, North Virginia Arnold Ashkenazy Foundation, Los Angeles, USA Shoe Taylor / Jonathan Guinness Trust, Cornwall / Ireland Unity Church, Irvine, Orange County, USA Far North Regional Museum, Kataia, New Zealand Serbian Church, Ladbrooke Grove, London Bridgeman Art Library, Westbourne Grove, London Taipa Area School, Far North, New Zealand Sara Rudman Collection, Penzance, Cornwall "District & Urban" Enterprises, Westbourne Grove, London Keeping It Local, Campbeltown, Scotland Tyler Gallery, Mousehole, Cornwall, UK Wetherspoons Restaurant / Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
Exhibitions Google Plus Castle Gallery, West Kensington, London - exhibition of photographs - November 1980 St, Ives Public Library, Cornwall - April 1985 Penzance Art Centre - April/May 1985 H.S. Galerie, Heidelberg, F.R.D. - May 1985, Galerija Zel, Belgrade, Yugoslavia June 1985 Koetshuis Kunst Galerie, Amsterdam, Holland Late June 1985 International Photo Exposition, Belgrade, Oct.1985, Kunsthaus, W. Welker, Heidelberg, F.R.D. - April 1986 Catania Opera House, Scicily - Sept. 1991 Studio Gallery, Sky Park Circle, Irvine, California, USA March 1993 Bakehouse Gallery, Penzance - Oct. 1996 Penzer Gallery, Bread St. Penzannce, Cornwall - March 1997 Far North Gallery, Kaitaia, N.Z. - Dec. 1999 Taipa Beach Hotel, Far North, New Zealand - 2000 Far North Regional Museum Summer 2001 Local Council Gallery, Oneroa, Waiheke Island, New Zealand - Jan. 2001 The Garage Studio, Lamorna, Cornwall - Aug/Sep 2002 Chy Gwella, House of Healing, Penzance - Oct. 2005 Lamorna Village Hall, Nr. Penzance - Aug. 2006 St.Ives Arts Club, Cornwall - Oct. 2010 Mounts Bay Contemporary, Western Promenade, Penzance, Cornwall - 2012 Central Library, Hartlepool - April 2013 Chelsea Art Fair, Summer 2017 The Tyler Gallery, Mousehole, Cornwall - 2017
References
External links Artist profile on Fine Art America Artist profile on Geoform