Calligraphy Gallery

Bright is the Ring of Words (R L Stevenson)

Metallic paint. Written with brush on black Nepali paper.
Letters 3.5cm (1.3") high
Star Spangled Burning Bush

Water colour and gold leaf on paper. (by permission, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge)
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Fog James Cunningham Gardner

Water colour, paper and Perspex (Plexiglass) layers.
Mountain

Water colour on semi-transparent paper laid over a mirror.
The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)

Acrylic, metallic paint and gold leaf on Nepali paper.
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Cherry Tree (A Shropshire Lad, A E Housman)

Water colour on cut Japanese paper.
Cherry Tree (detail)

Cut paper over glass. Design based on Japanese stencil designs.
Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight

Orange water colour on green paper.
The Bright Field (R S Thomas)

Water colour and metallic paint on layered paste paper.
Time

Water colour on fibrous Japanese paper.
Virgil: Eclogue VII

Ink and water colour on Bodleian conservation paper.
The Windhover (Gerard Manley Hopkins)

Water colour on layered, acrylic painted paper.
Shaker song

Pencil on American hand made paper.

The Peter Halliday Galleries

My galleries contain a collection of key pieces created throughout my career as a Calligrapher and Lettering artist. Feel free to get in touch with any questions regarding commissions, teaching or availability for workshops.