With no formal training Pete had the luxury of not knowing what was right or wrong and could both follow and form his own route. He has been inspired in the past by children’s imaginations and how they can take both the artist and viewer anywhere. He is also interested in movement and finding the beauty in things that may originally seem rough or wild. The aim is to create something from its seemingly ordinary beginnings and to take it to the realms of the extraordinary. ​

Painted on reclaimed architects’ drawing boards and desk tops, these paintings have a story and a past from the onset. The works are essentially extensions of the marks and doodles on the wood. They are the thoughts and dreams of what us lucky humans are surrounded by, capable of and striving for.