The title Clear Sight was suggested to me and seems appropriate as an exhibition title for various reasons. At a simplistic level, since I moved three years ago to Silwick, I now have a clear sight of the sea which has been a constant in my painting for decades. Clear sight also describes my sense of where I am now and where I want to be in developing my work in the future (I’m tempted to say when I grow up!). And clear sighted in front of nature is the state that Paul Cezanne remarked on, in the final months of his life, in a letter to his son in 1906. He also wrote...

“Here on the edge of the river, the motifs are very plentiful, the same subject seen from a different angle gives a subject for study of the highest interest and so varied that I think I could be occupied for months without changing my place, simply bending a little more to the right or left.”

I’ve lived with this quote for many years. It speaks of contemplation, obsession and affirmation and feels very appropriate for where I am today, both geographically and spiritually. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of painting the view from my window.

The medium is watercolour which I consider the most natural in re-presenting nature. It’s a medium I’ve worked with continuously for well over forty years but that doesn’t mean it gets any easier to use. You just go with the flow and learn to handle the mistakes better.

Peter Davis

All of the works shown are for sale. Please contact Karen Clubb at Shetland Museum, sales@shetlandamenity.org for prices and availability.

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Berga Stack, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2022 (70x50cm)

Black calm, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper 2022 (50x70cm)

Brack (Small), Watercolour on board 2021 (A4)

Brack, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2020 (50x70cm)

Brim-skod (Clett), Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2022 (50x70cm)

Burn of Lunklet (Landscape without wind farm), Watercolour on paper, 2021 (50x70cm)

Clett, Watercolour and bodycolour on paper 2020 (62x96cm)

Clett, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper 2022 ( 24 x 34cm)

Daggri, Watercolour and chalk on paper, 2022 (50x70cm)

Dwal, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2022 (51x70cm)

Estie Ness, Watercolour on board 2021 (A4)

Fifteenth Hour, December, Watercolour on board 2021 (15x21cm)

Frozen pool, Skeldaness, Watercolour on paper 2021 (50x70cm)

Glett, Watercolour on paper, 2021 (50x70cm)

Glett, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on grey Khadi paper 2022 (A5)

Glir, Watercolour and bodycolour on paper 2021, (50x70cm)

Heilia Water, March, Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 2022 (50x70cm)

Himna, Watercolour on paper 2020 (50x70cm)

Hoolan (Eshaness), Watercolour, pigment and chalk rubbing on paper 2019, (60x95cm)

Hoolan, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on grey Khadi paper 2022 (A5)

Loord, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk, with scratching out, on paper, 2022 (62x94cm)

Mornen-mun, Watercolour on paper, with chalk, 2021, (50x70cm)

Nombrastomb, Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 2021 (50x70cm)

Rain approaching, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on grey Khadi paper, 2022 (A5)

Reevis, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2021 (50x70cm)

Shadow on the Stack, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2020 (62x96cm)

Shoostran, Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 2020 (50x70cm)

Simmer Dim, Watercolour on paper 2019 (96x60cm)

Skonzger, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2022 (62x94cm)

Slengi, Watercolour on paper 2022 (51x70cm)

Slingr, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2021 (50x70cm)

Slord (Voxterby), Watercolour on paper, 2019 (50x70cm)

Smuir, Watercolour and bodycolour on paper 2021, (15x21cm)

Storm passing, 2020, Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on grey Khadi paper (A5)

Summer (Hillhead), Watercolour on paper, 2021 (50x70cm)

Dark Days (Malik), Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper, 2022 (50x70cm)