Born in Essex in 1944, Graham Petley was educated at the Headley Walter School in Brentwood before attending the South East Technical College in Design.

After working for a time as a window dresser and deep-sea fisherman, he opened an art gallery in Rayleigh in 1972 where he worked hard to promote several artists as well as his own work. In 1980, however, he decided to sell his business in order to concentrate on his paintings and since then he has exhibited widely across the country.

His tranquil country scenes in Devon, Cornwall, Scotland and his native East Anglia have found their way into many private collections

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