Peter Eugene Ball (19 March 1943) is an English

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. He is best known for his religious work which can be seen in churches and cathedrals throughout Britain. He also produces

secular Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin , or or ), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion. The origins of secularity can be traced to the Bible itself. The concept was fleshed out through Christian hi ...

sculpture using predominantly

driftwood Driftwood is a wood that has been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea, lake, or river by the action of winds, tides or waves. It is part of beach wrack. In some waterfront areas, driftwood is a major nuisance. However, the driftwood provides ...

and found objects.

Biography

Born on 19 March 1943 in

Coventry Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

, Peter Eugene Ball attended Coventry College of Art from 1957 until 1962 where he obtained the National Diploma of Design. By 1963 his sculptures were already included in mixed exhibitions in the

Midlands The Midlands is the central region of England, to the south of Northern England, to the north of southern England, to the east of Wales, and to the west of the North Sea. The Midlands comprises the ceremonial counties of Derbyshire, Herefor ...

and at the Marjorie Parr Gallery, London, where he had his first one-man exhibition in 1967. However, it wasn't until 1968 that making sculpture became his full-time occupation, and since that time he has devoted himself to producing both religious work for churches and cathedrals throughout the country and exhibiting and selling his secular work in galleries across Europe and in America.

Books

*''A Kind of Madness (The Sculptures of Peter Eugene Ball)'', Inga Gilbert *''Icons of The Invisible God (Selected Sculptures of Peter Eugene Ball)'', foreword by

Pamela Tudor-Craig Dr Pamela Tudor-Craig, Lady Wedgwood Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, FSA (née Wynn-Reeves; 26 June 1928 – 5 December 2017) was a UK, British medieval art historian. Personal life Pamela Wynn-Reeves was born on 26 June 1928 in Golders ...

, introduction by Richard Davey

References

External links

Official website - www.petereball.com
1943 births Living people Artists from Coventry English sculptors English male sculptors 20th-century English sculptors 21st-century English sculptors 21st-century English male artists {{UK-sculptor-stub