Before Banksy, before the murals and the spray cans, Bristol’s artists were painting the Avon Gorge. Strange to picture now, given how the city’s reputation
Walk up Stokes Croft on any given morning and you’ll pass a dancing teddy bear mid-throw, a Molotov cocktail frozen in his paw, painted above
Many landscape paintings are about capturing a place as it appears. Peter Lyons’ Bristol paintings feel different because they come from familiarity rather than observation
A line-drawn map of the Harbourside pinned in a café, a set of botanical studies outside a florist close to the Arts Trail route, a
Most individuals have a moment when they are driving home from work, lying awake at two in the morning, gazing at a painting in a
By Peter Lyons | Artist & Art Therapist, BA/MA University of the West of England | Artisanal Gallery Hub | Bristol Last updated: May 2026