For the last 18 years Peter Ward has been at the forefront of earth pigment research and painting in the UK. His journey began in North Devon, looking into the locally significant pigment Bideford Black and has since expanded, including contributions to national and international exhibitions, projects and publications.

This talk, to accompany his latest book ‘expressions of an intimate ecology – an ongoing conversation with earth pigments in southwest England’, brings together aspects of Peter’s expansive interdisciplinary creative practice with hand foraged and processed earth pigments from Devon and Cornwall, and will also include a look at his recent residencies at the Knepp Rewilding Centre in West Sussex and in Budawang Country with elders of the Yuin Aboriginal Nation in southeast Australia. Peter is currently based in St Just, Penwith.

Doors will open from 30 minutes before the event. Age Advisory: All Ages Welcome. Seating: Unreserved. Accessibility: Disabled Car Parking and disabled toilets.

Tickets will be available to purchase from 1st March until the morning of the event online and in person from Bude Library from the 1st March until the day before the event (during their open hours).

Book tickets HERE