Peter John Reid

Peter was born in Plymouth, England and immigrated to Canada as a child and was raised in the north part of Toronto, rural at first gradually shifting to urban. For the last twenty-some years he has resided in rural Grey County in the Northern part of the Niagara Escarpment. He currently lives on an idyllic 4-acre wooded property with his partner; visual artist and writer Bonnie Gardiner. Peter worked in the commercial art field while raising a family and paying the bills, alongside the development and exploration of his own craft. He is an avid painter working mostly in acrylics although on occasion in oils, water colour and cold wax.