The All England Lawn Tennis Club commissioned him to paint a watercolour to celebrate the opening of the new Number 1 court at Wimbledon in 1997 and in 1999 London Transport commissioned a painting , Flora and Fauna, which was used extensively on the Underground throughout that year.

Also in 1999 he painted 14 watercolours for P + O which are part of the permanent collection on board the Aurora. He went to Botswana in 1993 and produced a series of African animal paintings for a safari company which have now been published as a suite of limited edition prints. In 2000 he painted the portrait of Walker Cup golfer Gary Wolstenholme and two landscapes were purchased by the House of Lords for the permanent collection.

In March 2000 Swan Hellenic invited him to be Artist on Board the cruise liner Minerva which visited Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan and he produced a drawn account of the trip. In 2002 he was again on the Minerva for a cruise from Bangkok to Madras and in January 2003 he cruised extensively in the Far East starting in Sri Lanka and flying back home from Hong Kong four weeks later. Part of his brief on board is to help and encourage passengers to paint in watercolour. In March 2004 he was again working for Swan Hellenic, this time on Minerva 2 sailing from Nassau to New York on a two-week cruise. And in December 2004 he was again on the Minerva 2 sailing from Mauritius to South Africa via Madagascar and Mozambique. Contact him if you want more details on the work he does on the cruise liners either: peterwelton@peterwelton.com or telephone his studio on 0116 247 8761.

In 2001 he was commissioned by New York publishers Houghton Mifflin to do the covers for a new series of Miss Read books. There are 12 books in all with Peter Welton paintings on the covers. These can be seen in the Gallery section of this web site under the heading of English villages.

A new commission in September 2000 took him to Prague, Paris and North America to draw and paint some of the world’s finest hotels...a project which occupied him for most of 2001 and kept him busy for much of 2002.

In 2003 VolkswagenUK marked the 50th anniversary of their decision to import cars into the UK. 7 companies were identified as original partners with VW since 1953.

In order to celebrate and recognise their loyalty VWUK commissioned Peter Welton to paint an original watercolour for each of the seven... and one for the Head Office in Milton Keynes.

He is author of many articles and three books – “See what I mean?” An introductory text in visual communication (co-author John Morgan) published by Edward Arnold in 1986; “How to paint in watercolour” published by Patchings Farm in 1995, and “Peter Welton’s Sketchdiary ” published by the author in 1999. His work is featured in several books on art including, “Watercolour” by Angela Gair, Letts 1994 and “Painting great pictures from photographs” David and Charles 1999.

He maintains a link with the world of academe through his position as Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at De Montfort University, Leicester and through the master classes in watercolour painting which he is regularly invited to give all over the world. Click on to his NEWS page on this website for up-to-date information on classes.