Peter Winnett Bio

Peter Winnett Art

Artist Statement

My artistic journey began by practicing different styles. It evolved into creating fashionable illustrations for the New York City marketplace. As the work matured, I began exploring archetypal narratives in order to create unique symbolic combinations and deeper personal significance in the paintings. I like the paintings to be expressive and free flowing, spontaneous based on intuition, with plenty of hard edges and bold colours throughout, inspired by my pursuit of artistic freedom. Sometimes my art leads to a kind of alchemy between my psyche and soul.

Recently I've been painting portraits of interesting Vancouver homes and trying to capture their special character with a distinctive painterly expression.

Selected Exhibitions

2024 BC WILD, Filson, Gastown, Vancouver
2020 DANCING COLOURS Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver
2012 SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York City
2012 Broadway Street Gallery, Vancouver
2011 BEAU IDEAL, Hunter Bissett Gallery, Vancouver
2008 GASOLINE ROMANCE, Canvas Gallery, Vancouver
2007 TECHNICOLOR, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver
2006 Granville Island Gallery, Vancouver
2006 Lumen Gallery, Vancouver
2003 Waterfall Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver

Selected Commissions

2022 SHAUGHNESSY Home Portraits, Vancouver
2023 WESTSIDE CHURCH Heaven on Earth, Sermon Series Illustrations, Vancouver
2022 WESTSIDE CHURCH Men's Group+, Jesus Parable Painting, Vancouver
2021 HUNTER LITIGATION Hon. Martin Taylor Q.C., Portrait, Vancouver
2014 Eleven Agency ARIA HOTELS Concept Illustrations, San Francisco
2009 DKNY JEANS Edie Rose Illustrations, New York
2008 RGA Agency CANON Concept Illustrations, New York
2007 Publicis L'OREAL GARNIER Concept Illustrations, New York
2006 JWT SUNSILK Concept illustrations New York
2005 NUVO MAGAZINE Illustrations, In The Line Of Fashion, Vancouver

Bibliography

EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST, Catherine Dunwoody, NUVO magazine, Vancouver
FLIP OF A COIN, Marilyn Wilson, FAMED Magazine, Vancouver

Published

2013 New Icons of Fashion Illustration by Tony Glenville,
Lawrence King Publisher, London, UK

Residency

2012 School of Visual Arts, New York City

Peter Winnett developed his love of art early on. Graduating from the NSCAD art university in Halifax, he moved to the Yaletown neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, with current collectors of his work in Vancouver, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London, Barcelona, and elsewhere.