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Peter Spens filming for Observatory

Films about Peter Spens & His Work

01

Observatory

This 2008 short film by John Hooper concentrates on paintings made from Tate Modern and commissions by Land Securities worked from 5 Strand.

Shot in London by the Thames, Peter talks about his work, compares painting at night and day and reveals the colours that he uses to evoke the London landscape at a particular time of day or night.

02

Painting the Town

A film by John Hooper concentrating on the ShellMex series.

Shot overlooking the Thames it gives an insight to Peter's paintings and his relationship with the ever-changing London landscape. This was made for the Guildhall retrospective exhibition "Floating London" in 2006.

03

Grandstand: The Cheltenham and London Series

Film of the Grandstand exhibition at Gallery 8, Duke Street St James's, October 2014.

A shorter promo film focusing on the Cheltenham paintings from the exhibition.