‘Pennine Way - Evening Light’ is Peter Brook’s portrayal of the iconic long distance footpath established 60 years ago yesterday. Typically, he depicts one of the less spectacular stretches, relying on a trademark sky to bring the painting to life. (Sold @Wilson55Auction in 2020)

‘Hannah Hauxwell - A Quiet Moment before Setting Off for the Palace 1980’, to attend a royal garden party, is a much gentler portrayal of the life of the lone farmer from Baldersdale than in Peter Brook’s more usual paintings of her in wintertime. (Sold @Wilson55Auction in 2023)

Peter Brook often used the man and dog motif to suggest movement in his paintings, but in ‘Waiting for a Break’ he stands sheltering with Shep in the lee of the farmhouse, while the scene is animated by the snow flurries being blown across the sky. (Sold @Wilson55Auction in 2020)

Some of Peter Brook’s later work was not meant to be taken too seriously, like ‘Counting Sheep’, an obvious reference to the traditional cure for insomnia with its line of ewes trooping obligingly in single file past the on-looking Peter and Shep. (Sold @Wilson55Auction in 2023)