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THE LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
OF
PETER MUNRO
BIOGRAPHY
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-
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-
He still lives
in the Highlands of Scotland, where he gains much of his inspiration from the magnificent
wildlife and countryside around him.
