Peter Smith (painter)

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Peter Smith
Born (1967-07-04) 4 July 1967 (age 54)
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Spouse(s)Jayne Smith

Peter Smith (born in Mansfield 1967) is a contemporary British artist.

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The subject for which he is most well known is a striped rotund creature with the form of a hippopotamus but the stripes of a zebra, which are known as 'Zeppos' or 'Impossimals'. [1]

Smith is a self-taught artist who in 2005 contributed an artwork to the BBC's "Children in Need". [2] He became professional, teaming-up with Washington Green Fine Art Publishing. [1] [3]

2005 [4]

In May 2005 he released his first Washington Green collection "The Art of Surprise", containing eight limited edition prints:

In June four further prints were released as part of the summer release:

July saw the release of one print as part of an MBNA Credit Card Special entitled ""Love Is All Around You"

September saw the release of two more prints on general release: "Love Boat" and "Tunnel of Love"

November saw the release of the final print of the year as a Christmas release, "Is That It?"

In total 16 different prints were released in 2005.

2006 [5]

2006 saw 21 different prints released, making it his most prolific year of released works

February 2006 saw the release of "Tails of the Unexpected", a collection of eight prints:

Between March and November a further eight prints were released on general release:

June 2006 saw the release of five World Cup themed prints collectively called "Smithy's World Cup Heroes"

2007 [6]

Across 2007 six general release prints were released (in February and September)

2008 [7]

There were a total of 17 releases across 2008, starting in January with two Valentine releases entitled "Love Actually" and "Be Mine"

February/September were again the release months for a series of general releases:

A new collection "*May Contain Nuts" was also released in September, containing 7 prints:

2009 [8]

As with the previous two years, general releases were made in February and September. This time a total of twelve general release prints:

2010

In a change from previous years, general releases were made in February and June (as opposed to September):

September saw the release of a new seven piece collection entitled "It's A Stripe Thing"

Additionally, a sculpture was released for the first time entitled "Naughty Step", based on the print of the same name from 2008.

In 2010 Smith took part in London's Elephant Parade, creating an 'Impossimal' version of a baby elephant named an "Impossiphant". [9]

2011 [10]

In a return to the previously common format, 2011 saw a total of eleven general release prints, occurring in February and September:

November saw the release of a Christmas print entitled "The Snuggler"

2012 [11]

2012 was Smith's least prolific years to date for the traditional Impossimals, seeing the release of only four general release prints, all in September:

Lost Impossimals [12]

In 2012 Smith unveiled a new set of characters entitled "Lost Impossimals". Each image is hand built as a living scene in a studio before being transformed to canvas, in a process taking around eight weeks in total.

According to Smith the Lost Impossimal series is: "A bewitching bewilderment of Impossimal creation with wondrous tales of weird woes and made up memories twisted with history, all based around the notes and diaries of a fictitious and intrepid Victorian explorer called Charles Burroughs."

2013 [13]

In February "All 4 Love" a collection of four prints was released:

Additionally two general release prints were issued: "Cake O'Clock", and "Meet The Family"

2014 [14]

Ten new general release prints were issued in 2014, once again in February and September:

Three new sculptures were also released matching three of these prints: "Super Scooper", "99 Problems", and "Rub-A-Dub Tub"

2015 [15]

The Spring Collection saw the release of five prints:

Lost Alice [16]

2015 saw the release of Lost Alice, a highly collectable and award-winning series of ongoing paintings, limited editions, sculptures and a rather unusual book called 'Lost Alice & Other Tall Stories'. The Lost Alice series is also credited as "by Peter & Jayne Smith"

2016 [17]

February saw the release of three prints as part of the "Spring Collection"; "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This", "You Are Fab", and "Donut Worry, Be Happy"

In September a new seven print collection "A Cup of Team and a Slice of Bake" was issued following a biscuit/cake theme:

This series is the first to exclusively use canvas on board as the medium.

2017 [18]

February, June, and September saw three different collections released, with no prints released under a "general release" banner.

February – "Showstopper Collection"

  • "You're The Biscuit to My Tea"
  • "You Bake Me Love You"
  • "The Heartful Dodgers"
  • "When It's Scone, It's Scone!"
  • "Rolling Scones" – sculpture
June – "Summer of Love"
  • "Love Me Do"
  • "All My Love"
  • "A Forever Love"
  • "Love From Me To You"
September – "Screwballed Collection"
  • "Feeling Gintastic"
  • "For Those About To Rock"
  • "Snow Place Like Home"
  • "You're Screwballed"
  • "One Size Fits All"

2018 [19]

January 2018 saw the return of a Valentine's release, "The Colour of Love"

In February the follow up to "You're Screwballed" was released, entitled "Screwballed Too", containing four prints, and two sculptures:

On 6 September 2018, a new four print collection "Sotally Tober" was released: [20]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Meet the Notts man behind crazy new 'twistory'". Nottingham Post . 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ BBC Radio Nottingham (30 November 2005). "Local artist Peter Smith has raised over £4000 for Children in Need".
  3. ↑ "Peter Smith – Artists – Washington Green". www.washingtongreen.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "2005". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "2006". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "2007". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "2008". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "2009". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mansfield artist's elephant creation". Nottingham Post. 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "2011". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "2012". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "About Lost Impossimals". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "2013". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "2014". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "2015". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "About Lost Alice & Other Tall Tales". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  17. ↑ "2016". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  18. ↑ "2017". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  19. ↑ "2018". Peter Smith Collective Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "Autumn 2018 – Castle Galleries". Castle Galleries. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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