Peter Brown, Sunday, the Holburne Museum, Snow, 20 January 2013, oil on canvas, 2013

Sunday, the Holburne Museum, Snow, 20 January 2013 Peter Brown (b.1967) Oil on canvas 2013 Brown is a Bath-based painter best known for his street scenes. He is colloquially called "Pete the Street" for his practice of working directly from source in all weathers. “I drove through Bath in a bit of a panic. The problem is there are views everywhere, but is there a better one around the corner? When I passed the Holburne, there was no question." - Bath. Paintings by Peter Brown" (2018) 2023.87. Given as part of the generous bequest of Ann and Richard Harper.
"I drove through Bath in a bit of a panic. The problem is there are views everywhere, but is there a better one around the corner? When I passed the Holburne, there was no question. I parked outside the Pulteney Arms, and I stood painting on the compacted snow until 1 pm. The light was even but I returned late one afternoon to 'switch the lights on the building' as I had first found them early that Sunday morning" Peter Brown, excerpt from "Bath. Paintings by Peter Brown" (2018)