- Peter Davidson (artist)
Peter Davidson has been a commercial artist for almost 40 years.
Davidson's work has appeared in numerous publications including national newspapers, magazines, and books.Fact|date=February 2007 He is also a painter of considerable talent.Fact|date=February 2007
At present, Davidson is illustrating the iconic "
The Broons andOor Wullie " for theSunday Post .At the age of seven, Davidson first watched
Dudley D. Watkins , a near neighbour in Dundee Scotland, draw Oor Wullie. That experience planted the seed which grew into Peter's own career as an artist and provide a remarkable link to the present day Broons and Oor Wullie.At age 20, Davidson joined
DC Thomson , aDundee publisher of newspapers,magazines and annuals. As a staff artist, his work appeared in a number of publications including theScots Magazine ,Peoples Journal andMy Weekly . In the mid 1960's he left DC Thomsons to work for IPC in London, later returning to Scotland as a freelance artist. In the late 1970's he began his first stint as illustrator of the Broons but quit in 1984 to forge a successful association withSpangolf andSeve Ballesteros . Over the years theBallesteros Method which Peter wrote and illustrated appeared in numerous publications worldwide. Davidson's strips such as Hacker andWayout West became popular in theSunday Scot , but ended with the demise of that newspaper.In 1997, Davidson began his second stint as artist for The Broons and his first for Oor Wullie. The Sunday Post strips continue to claim a huge worldwide following.Fact|date=February 2007
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