Pete Carthy: Nature Inspired
Art, Photography and Print.
Art workshops, Photography workshops & Journaling in nature.
Creative practice & Inspiration
My creative practice is intertwined with my love of nature. Initially this was through landscape photography, which began as a hobby for me when I was 14 years old, photographing the Lake District whilst taking part in a Fylde Coast walking club.
I did a BTEC OND in Photography, then moved to London on my own at 18 - to pursue a career in professional photography.
Over the last forty years my creative practice has evolved into reduction linocut, botanical eco-print and nature journaling in watercolour – landscapes and botanical illustration.
I have completed a nature journal entry every day since the 1st January 2023 and have continued on into 2024, in and around the Scottish Borders.
I was featured on the International Nature Journaling Week website in June 2023. Since then Border Telegraph have published an article about my work in January 2024 and I was recently filmed by BBC Scotland for a piece on their website
I am inspired by people who have been inspired by nature to create art, photography and words that capture natures’ emotions.
From an early age I sought out landscapes by Ansel Adams. Since then, Joe Cornish, Rob Talbot, Rowland Hilder, Turner, John Muir Laws, Thomas Bewick, Rev Gilbert White, Eric Ravilious, Angela Harding, Christopher Wormell, Rosebery Thief, Alex Boon, John Muir, India Flint, Jenny Dean and Clare Walker Leslie. These have all been hugely inspirational.
These artists and writers have shaped my vision, my feelings and my thoughts about what I am trying to capture when I look upon nature.
I am a self-taught artist. I am able to offer:
- art workshops (watercolour, linocut & eco-print).
- environmental art workshops (Hapa Zome, stick picture frames, nettle string, land art).
- journaling in nature workshops