Pete Ashton's website

I'm an artist, writer and ponderer, working in Stirchley, a suburb of Birmingham in the North West of Eurasia.

Contact

Email: pete@peteashton.com
Tel: +44 (0)7775 690 106

Do not private message me on some corporate service. I proabably won't see it.

Writing

Visit the Writing page for an overview of my words.

I've been blogging on and off since 2000. I intend to focus more on my writing over the next year and this site will evolve to reflect that.

I'm self-taught at writing and that, but have a bit of a blind-spot for typos (possibly undiagnosed mild dyslexia, or similar) so expect the odd clunker here and there.

Art

My art portfolio site has my artworks with documentation.

I'm a self-employed freelance artist practitioner. If you would like to hire me on that basis (or on some other basis – I'm not too fussy) here is my CV.

I send a "what Pete's up to" email out every so often. It's probably the best way to follow my work. Subscribe here.

Projects

I'm always involved in various things, often with other people, which have their own websites.

Walkspace – an art-walking collective.
Loaf – I work at Stirchley's finest workers co-op bakery and am working on the Stirchley Co-operative Development project.
Photo School – I teach photography and run photo walks in Birmingham. (On hold during the pandemic.)
The Bunminster Pack – Fiona and I keep rabbits and document everything we know on this website.
Birmingham Camera Obscura – Exploring and building camera obscuras. (On hiatus.)

Photography

I'm an experienced photographer and photography teacher. I'm figuring out how best to showcase my photography on this site but for now the good stuff gets dumped on Flickr.