As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.
I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine. - Peter Wright
I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine.
- Peter Wright
I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I st… - Peter Wright
I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I st…
I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting. - Peter Wright
I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting.
I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess th… - Peter Wright
I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess th…
I tried to learn the violin for a while. - Peter Wright
I tried to learn the violin for a while.
I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sak… - Peter Wright
I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sak…
I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered tha… - Peter Wright
I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered tha…
When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them. - Peter Wright
When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.
I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular place. They might be outside a pub, or … - Peter Wright
I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular place. They might be outside a pub, or …
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