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Peter Woof Born in Liverpool in 1956, Peter trained at the
City & Guilds of London Art School under Sir Roger de Grey then
went on to Postgraduate studies 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 with the Pastel Society and
in
many other galleries in England and abroad. |
 Fruit and Cloth Colour pencil 5¾ x 7 inches |
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His work today is very precise in detail. Whether it is in depicting a landscape, still life or even a completely abstract subject he uses the same principles of working by looking at the object in the same way. Peter’s work is about exploring memory of images, places, shapes and objects, trying to capture the texture and feel of those memories in the stillness of recollection. |
 Red Still Life Pastel pencil 11 x 8½ inches |
| His training was grounded in abstract art, painting eight foot canvases. Although today he works exclusively in coloured pencil on water-colour paper he uses the same methods of thinking in his work seeing the picture in terms of form, shape, movement and colour. |
 Japanese Still Life Colour pencil 10¼ x 13¼ inches |
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Peter’s pictures have a soft textural quality which is achieved by the use of coloured pencil on water-colour paper giving the picture its life and light. The colours are built up area by area and not as a whole so the complete picture cannot be appreciated until the very end. ‘I carry the picture in my head; it just takes time to put it on paper.’
Peter has worked professionally as an artist since leaving college. He has had work published as limited edition prints and also in book form, he continues to exhibit in galleries and at art fairs throughout the country. |
 Levens Hall Colour pencil 6 x 11½ inches |
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I see myself primarily as a picture maker. I use different elements of the subject to express my experience of it, be it figurative or abstract. I am trying to capture the essence of the subject, through movement and colour.
In my pictures I want the viewer to experience the subjects on a more textural level, to view them as shapes, forms and colours, to see movement and to have an emotional response to the picture.
‘images recollected in tranquillity’ William Wordsworth
My pictures are about looking , recalling memories and remembering in the stillness, like a type of meditation. The picture is created in an atmosphere of peace and calm which becomes a part of the picture itself. I am aiming for purity of form, colour and movement. I do not want the viewer to be distracted by the details but to experience the picture as a whole. |
 Peacock Garden Colour pencil 5½ x 5 inches |