Peter Rintoul

Westerrn Isles, Scotland

As 2017 approached I was contemplating my forthcoming seventieth birthday in May, an event which I hoped would be both special and memorable. While primarily this event would centre on family I wanted to add an artistic dimension.
With this in mind, I decided to set myself a challenge – to complete seventy new artistic endeavours, one each day for the seventy days leading up to the big day, and to post them daily on facebook and my web site.
To date my work had focused mainly on landscapes and seascapes, but there were many other projects in my head which had  remained unfulfilled. I saw this challenge as an opportunity to explore these themes and also to experience a period of intense working and creativity.
My plan was to incorporate as many of my interests as possible. Besides drawing and painting I hoped to include photography, poetry, installations and, if possible, music (printing and carving were omitted as they are too time consuming).
In preparation for the challenge I completed four paintings in advance which would act as milestones marking out my progress. These four paintings had the theme "celebration"

Media

Watercolour

Subjects

Seascape