The Paint Box – Open for 2020

The Paint Box – Open for 2020

Summer Stillness 2019 Paint Box Studio painting instruction will start the first Friday in 2020, January 3! We will paint at Beach Studio in Middletown, next to Deblois Gallery. Space is limited, so please reply via email if you want to join! If you know anyone who...
Summer In Newport

Summer In Newport

Summer Stillness by Peter Dickison 2019 8×8″ $440 This show of landscape paintings at the Jewel Box, 152 Mill Street in Newport,  featured my new paintings from Newport, RI.  Summer in the city by the sea is fun and famous for its architecture. This series...
Peter Comes to You

Peter Comes to You

Personal Art Curating, Arranging and Hanging ❖ Refresh your home art collection. Free consultations..

Back to the Easel- Sign Up Today for Painting Lessons

Join me in the beautiful light and soothing setting of Pete’s Paint Box, right in the heart of Newport, for small group or private lessons in oil painting and drawing. Lessons are structured just for you and group settings start at $45 for three hour sessions. Contact...

Pete’s Paint Box

Please join me on Saturday, January 5, 2019, for an OPEN HOUSE at Pete’s Paint Box, 152 Mill STreet, Newport.
Expand your vision and get back to the easel.

Gratitude

I was talking to a painter at Hatch Street Studios the other day who turned out to have studied at the same Art College I had, just a year or two after I graduated.  We had not met before.  As we talked about our art school, the Swain School of Design, which has since...

Forever Flowers: New Paintings by Peter Dickison

My newest paintings are featured in a new show at the Tiffany Peay Jewel Box in Newport.  “The Dalia Caper” (above) renders a close, intimate experience of a floral motif that is part of my approach.  My paintings plunge the viewer into exploring these...

Article Repost: Why Are Some People Better at Drawing than Others?

Life’s Little Mysteries is a column that “answers fascinating questions about the world around you and the stuff in it.” This reposted article speaks to brain function in drawing activity, and how to unlock your ability to do better at drawing. Enjoy...
Art After Dark at the Museum 

Art After Dark at the Museum 

Last night the museum highlighted several of the classes that are taught at the museum’s Coleman Center. My Portrait & Figure Monday class had a great time drawing and painting the main gallery and invited museum guests to take a shot at drawing the portrait...

Painting Class at Whetstone

Late in August, one of my outdoor painting students invited the class out to her summer residence to paint