 Peter
Froome has had a varied career as a computer safety
consultant, a painter specialising in animals, ships and
the sea, and currently as an animator and illustrator of
children's books.
Peter is joint founder of the safety consultancy
Adelard.
As a painter, he works in both traditional and
digital media. He studied with Leslie Watson, one of
the founders of the
Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA, which now
holds its annual exhibition at the
Mall Galleries, London, each autumn.
Peter has exhibited the following work in
open exhibitions:
- Marmalade Kitten (first Doughty House Gallery
exhibition, Richmond, England, 1977)
- Ship's Cat (RSMA, Guildhall, London, 1979)
- Brixham (RSMA, The Mall Galleries, London,
1982)
- Padstow
(RSMA, The Mall Galleries, London, 1984)
- Trevose Head (RSMA, The Mall Galleries,
London, 1984)
- Coastline near
Porthcothan, Cornwall (RSMA, The Mall Galleries,
London, 1985)
- Waiting for the
Tide (RSMA, The Mall Galleries, London, 1986)
- The
Lobster Fisherman (RSMA, The Mall Galleries,
London, 2002)
His work is in several private collections, and his oil
painting Anchored is featured in 20th Century
British Marine Painting by Denys Brook-Hart, Antique
Collectors' Club, ISBN 0 902028 90 1.
In 2007, Peter started work with his wife
Christine Pritchard (who is also a Chelsea medal-winning
garden designer) on a series of illustrated
children's books:
The Adventures of Ben Labra d’Ollie.
The stories feature Ben, a reluctant hero, who is a big
black dog, gentle and funny and keen to stay out of
trouble.
Peter also enjoys music, plays the piano and has
sung in the
Bristol Cabot Choir, the
Bristol Phoenix Choir,
Gravesham Choral Society and the
Kent Chamber Choir.
Peter can be contacted at peter@peterfroome.com
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