Peter Woof

Born in Liverpool in 1956, Peter trained at the City & Guilds of London Art School under Sir Roger de Grey and then went on to a Postgraduate course at the royal Academy Schools for three years, gaining his Royal Academy Certificate in 1981. He was awarded a prize in the 1980 Royal Academy Student Show. At the Royal Academy he studied under William Scott and Leonard McComb. Peter has exhibited at the Royal Academy, Mall Galleries and many other galleries in England and abroad. He now lives and works in Leamington Spa and is married with a son and daughter.

‘’The main pre-occupation of my work is the manipulation of the picture surface. Creating an illusion of space and form on a two dimensional surface is constantly fascinating. The picture has to transcend the subject matter and become something more than just the sum of its parts, coming to life in its own right. Japanese and Chinese painting/printing and the work of Euan Uglow have been the main influences on my work.’’

Peter’s work now portrays landscape and still life subjects, but in past he worked as an abstract painter and he still uses the principles and ideas that shaped his abstract paintings in his work today.

The soft quality of light is achieved through the use of very soft pencils, which Peter uses exclusively for his work.