Peter Munro was born in 1954 and he grew up in the Scottish
Highlands, where his family ran a timber and forestry company.
He came south to complete an honours degree at the Chelsea School of Art in London but soon became disillusioned
with the art world and decided to return to Scotland to work in the family business, although he continued to paint
on an amateur basis. However, during a visit to Canada in 1985, he was inspired both by the remarkable work of
the renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and by the powerful, remote and raw Canadian landscapes to return more
permanently to the easel and he took up painting as a full-time career in 1987.
Concentrating initially upon wildlife work and later upon landscapes and, to an increasing extent, the beautiful
golf courses of the United Kingdom and Eire, the demand for his work continued to increase. Particularly well-known
in America, where he and his work have been profiled in leading magazines, Peter Munro has now exhibited at prestigious
galleries in Holland, London, America, Canada and throughout the world.
He still lives in the Highlands of Scotland, where he gains much of his inspiration from the magnificent wildlife
and countryside around him.
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