I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine. — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
You could always go on changing things but there comes a time when you have to decide to stop. — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
I have to experiment with methods and I'm trying to find an authentic way of making an equivalent of the living, breathing person within… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them. — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
Painting is seen as picture making, the making of an art object, something that can stand on its own. — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life.… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
