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Peter Cady grew up on the coast of New Hampshire. His study of painting began as a boy observing painters with their easels overlooking the ocean. He studied civil engineering but found he was drawn to things artistic and to working with his hands. After college he worked in construction and learned fine woodworking. He still lives in the timber framed house he built from his trees. His furniture making started to incorporate color and a variety of materials, evolving into sculpture. After a second career of teaching science to middle school students, he returned to the arts. He has gotten to know and learn from many fine artists including Gary Haven Smith, Gail Sauter, Nella Lush, Tom Glover, Dustan Knight, Brian Chu, and Bess Cutler.
(photo credit Debra Woodward)

Solo shows
Sept/Oct 2022–Ceres Bakery, Portsmouth, NH
2020-22
Rye Public Library, Rye, NH
2019
Ceres Bakery, Portsmouth, NH

Group shows
2023
Viewpoints, 100 Market St.,Portsmouth, NH
Studio Works, York Public Library, York, ME
Jazzscapes II, Portsmouth Music & Art Center
Lost Neighborhoods, Discover Portsmouth Center
Holiday Show, The Art Center, Dover, NH
Art PM, BUOY, Kittery, ME
Rye400, Rye, NH
2022
Jazzscapes, The Art Center, Dover, NH
On the Edge, University of New Hampshire Museum of Art, Durham, NH
2021
Abstracting the Seacoast, Discover Portsmouth Center, Portsmouth, NH
2019
September 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2018
Amesbury Mills, Amesbury, MA
Hilton-Winn Farm, Cape Neddick, ME
2017
Old Schwamb Mill, Arlington, MA
Main Street Art, Newfields, NH
2016
Village Arts Gallery, Kittery, ME
2016-19
Art PM, BUOY, Kittery, ME
2015
Nancy Barrett Gallery, Portsmouth, NH

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