Agent and Publisher for Pettegrew, Caleb and the Artists of Cuba Oriente

Peter is accompanied by Rita Canan and Alison Horne, co-owners of Muralistically Inclined in these shots. The restoration project in the “Old Florida” tourist attraction Gatorland continues apace. Hey, did you know they have an interactive “Gatorcam” on the premises?

Click here to watch Peter Pettegrew at Gatorland
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*.

Peter just finished these paintings on canvas and board of the Florida and Southeastern U.S. landscape. From this new group, his painting “A Day At The Beach” is a fun departure from the usual wilderness scenes for which he is justly famed. Headquartered in Orlando, Peter roams the wild South and the Caribbean in search of new scenes for his often plein air, sometimes studio oil paintings.

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

Art for a Cure, an event which featured Caleb, Carolina Cleere, Lori Ballard, Emily Page, Jack Breit, Donna Morrison, Rick Reeves, Jason Fondren and others was well attended and profitable for several of the artists, as well as the Pediatric Cancer Foundation, to which a portion of the proceeds were donated. James Cournoyer of Seven North took a bunch of photos, a few of which appear below.

Many thanks to everyone who help donated their time and hard work to make this happen for the children of this great charity.

Thanks to Megan Voeller of Artsqueeze, for providing high-profile notification for the event.

Art for a Cure will feature Caleb, Carolina Cleere, Lori Ballard, Emily Page, Jack Breit, Donna Morrison, Rick Reeves, Jason Fondren and others. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.
Thanks, Megan!
Friday, May 16, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 17, 10 p.m. to 4 p.m.
La Maddalena town homes, 3834 W. Platt St., Tampa

Peter Pettegrew’s new documentary film “Heart of a Landscape Painter” is now available on DVD.

An enlightening glimpse into what it’s like to paint plein air (natural open air painting on location) as seen through the eyes of acclaimed landscape painter Peter Pettegrew.

Experience painting on location in wilderness wetland preserves in the Southeastern United States. Join the excitement of celebrity gallery openings, observe one of America’s foremost landscape painters in his private studio as he works and shares his insights.

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.”

Master Florida and Southeastern U.S. landscape painter Peter Pettegrew has been commissioned to execute a large (50 x70 inch) painting of an Everglades scene by a private art collector, announced his agent James Cournoyer of Seven North today.
The artwork will depict Caxambas Bay as seen in a south-facing view from Marco Island in the Gulf of Mexico. Although Pettegrew is already at work on the painting, it is not expected to be completed until late September of 2008. Look for a good-sized photographic reproduction of the finished art on these pages next fall.

“Lakeside Meadow”, a new print of a painting by Florida landscape painter Peter Pettegrew, is offered as a giclee on paper and canvas. It measures 20 x 24 on paper, and 26 x 32 on canvas. The retail prices are paper $475.00 and canvas $600.00.

This print is offered by Seven North Fine Art in a limited edition of 95 each for paper and canvas.