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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. Although 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.
Bharati Chaturvedi Hindustan Times


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Travelling
Peter spends six months of the year travelling in India and creates many of his pieces while he is there, other work he recreates at home in England during the brief English summer, working from pencil sketches, pen and ink drawings, photographs, entries in his journals, and all the odd bits and pieces he collects. In India he travels not as a tourist staying in five star hotels but as an ordinary person, living and mixing with ordinary people. While travelling he teaches art and has learned much from his pupils (in terms of simplicity and directness of approach) as they have learned from him. As contributing through his teaching Peter also contributes finacially through the sale of his work, some of which has gone to Action Aid, a charity working in India. Back in England he lives frugally on a small boat outside the beautiful city of Bath.

Chasing away the monkey

1998
gouache on paper
75x35

Santoor player

1998
gouache on paper
75x35

many heads

2006
oil on canvas
45x35

cows

1999
gouache on paper
65x45

dancing girl

2004
oil on paper
25x45

headless

1998
gouache on paper
75x45

blue temple

1996
oil on canvas
45x65

flies

2005
oil on canvas
35x65