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 using expressive lines, hard edges and bold colours. Through my art, I'm seeking a kind of alchemy between my psyche and soul.

Selected Exhibitions

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
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

Born in 1969, Peter Winnett developed his love of art early on. Graduating from the NSCAD art university in Halifax in 1993, he moved to the Yaletown neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, with current collectors of his work in Vancouver, Toronto, New York, London, San Francisco and elsewhere.