Tom
Oil on canvas
2000
Peter Wells likes to delve into themes such as Santoor players, Gometaswara and crocodiles, he moves far away from the formal presentation of these subjects.
His portraits are entirely different from the Kings and Queens we have seen from earlier periods, precisely because of the personal links he is able to forge with the ordinary people.
Wells paints how he feels, not merely how the subject appears. While it is only natural that we look for stylistic influences: Picasso, Matisse, Bhupen Karkar . His refreshing use of Gouache and Watercolour is something to look out for.
His portraits are entirely different from the Kings and Queens we have seen from earlier periods, precisely because of the personal links he is able to forge with the ordinary people.
Wells paints how he feels, not merely how the subject appears. While it is only natural that we look for stylistic influences: Picasso, Matisse, Bhupen Karkar . His refreshing use of Gouache and Watercolour is something to look out for.
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Maris
Pencil on paper
1997
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Clock
Mixed media
1996
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Unpublished Novel: "The Calcutta Taxi"
Rough India, A thriller set in India
"No Match For Dandapani"
The Pappa Fund, 1997
"Dandapani the Fisherboy"
Action Aid Education, 1992
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Peter in front of Hindu temple he decorated in Rameswaram South India.
Peter Wells has come time and time again to India to paint, as we are told by BBC producer and writer Charles Higson in the catalogue, “ a country full of the colours he has always wanted to paint, the light he always wanted to use, the people places and ideas he had always wanted to explore.” India becomes a dreamland come true.
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The Evening Chronicle
October 1989
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He was chosen as the Guardian artist of the month in 1999 and has been illustrated in The Independent, The Guardian, Resurgence and other magazines in the UK and abroad.
He has illustrated children’s books for Action Aid and has designed sets for The Opera Director Ian Burton. IN 2007 he was invited to show one of his sculptures at Glastonbury Festival and in 2008 had a one man exhibition of Tamil Nadu paintings in The Victoria Gallery, Bath.
He was also invited to decorate one of king Bladud's pigs in the same city. In 1999 peter decorated a 500 year old hindu temple in south india. He designed Tristan and Isolde and Lakme for Ian Burton, lighting Patrick Woodroffe.
In 2010 he founded the Fullsail Theatre Puppet company.
Bath,
2008
British Council
Chennai, India,
2007
The Corridor
London,
2005
The Black Swan Gallery
Frome,
2003
The Music Studios
London,
2000
British Council
Madras, India,
2000
Jata Theertum Temple Decoration
Website Creation,
1999
The Music Studios
London,
1998
Hot Bath Gallery
Bath,
1997
The British Council
New Delhi, India,
1996
The Music Studios
London,
1995
The Music Studios
London,
1994
Contemporary Art Gallery
Eton / Salon de Musique, Brussels,
1993
Action Aid Tour
Bristol - London,
1992
Action Aid Tour
Beaminster - Bath - London,
1991
Cristofori Gallery
London,
1988
Gallery 27
Tonbridge,
1984
University Of Bath, Arts Barn
Bath,
1983
Bath Festival
1982
Arts Centre
Milford Haven,
1980
St James' Theatre
Bath,
1979
Bath,
2009
Glastonbury Festival, "The Park"
2007
5 x 5 Project
Hotbath Gallery, Bath,
2001
5 x 5 Project
Royal Photographic Society, Bath,
2000
Six Chapel Row, "Travellers Tales"
Bath,
2000
Clifton College Millennium Project
2000
Six Painters
Bath,
1997
Devizes Open
1996
Connaught Brown
London,
1994
"The Bob White Years"
Sevenoaks School,
1993
The Guardian, "Art For Sale"
London,
1993
Festival Gallery
Bath,
1986
Festival Gallery
Bath,
1983
Little Missenden Festival
1982
Royal Academy
1979
Rough India, A thriller set in India
Unpublished Novel: "Deep Fried Sausages Naked"
My brush with mental health
Illustrations
Poetry collections by Ian Burton: "Liberty of the Clink", "Book of Poems", "Plain Song", "Koto"
"No Match For Dandapani"
The Pappa Fund,
1997
"Dandapani the Fisherboy"
Action Aid Education,
1992
"Tangier Journal"
Paris Garden Press, A travelogue in Morocco,
1981
Royal College of Music, Britten Theatre, London,
1999/2000
The Bath Festival: "The Seven Deadly Sins", Brecht/Weill
1984
The Bath Festival: "The Arrival of the Poet in the City", Nicholson/Logue
1984
June 2007
Sandringham Ward, RUH Bath
April 2001
Bathampton Primary School
July 2000
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