Peter Manchester

Peter Manchester was born in the East Coast of the US, Lived for many years afterwards in New Mexico and then suddenly found himself in Eastern Canada. Some suspect this was due to matrimonial promises that were made. Others suggest that it was the gypsy in him. In any case he ended up in the Maritimes and rediscovered broken hockey sticks. He did play some in his youth, but was forever shamed by showing up on the ice in figure skates! Well being an iconoclast is in his nature.

As an illustrator and artist and occasional author, Peter Manchester found fertile pickings with busted hockey sticks. He penned his original text for Goose Lane Editions, and for a brief shining moment, it was a Canadian best seller. Not to be left gathering dust, another volume was written a few seasons later which culminated in 100 dubious constructions made from hockey fodder. Well, there was some things his fodder never told him, and that was to stop with the puns already.

Lately he is working on a series of paintings, like book covers, only in large format. They can be viewed at: http://blog.petermanchester.ca/

These are yet again, more creations from a brain that never sleeps, depicting things that might have been.