[3] He also struck up a close friendship with the adult educationalist, Frank Turk, learning much from his experience of eastern spirituality.

The pair met regularly and maintained a correspondence long after Peter left Cornwall and up until Frank's death in 1996.

[4] Peter never fell in with a particular school after leaving Cornwall but exhibited at times with other artists represented by Godfrey Pilkington's renowned Piccadilly Gallery in the 70s and 80s.

He credits the challenge of the incredible Portholland light in his transition from heavy, textured, oils to whiter, more transparent, acrylics.

The award-winning author Sarah Hall has described the atavistic quality of his work as such, "He seems able to lay this place bare, restore it to its original form, its ancientness, its soul.