Peter Smith

Following in the footsteps of artists like Claes Oldenburg, Salvador Dalí and the French satirist Marcel Duchamp, Peter uses humour in his work to create a sense of absurdity and childlike innocence. With light-hearted art now considered a serious art form - featuring at the Museum of Modern Art and in the Turner Prize shortlist - his fusion of classical oil painting techniques and irreverent humour gives his work a decidedly contemporary twist. 

Full of ingenious riddles, wordplay and visual jokes, his surreal yet adorable artworks make an incredible gift or finishing touch to a home. Adult themes of love, debauchery and gluttony are underpinned by a desire to make his collectors smile and remember "the imaginative wonderment and limitless creativity" we experienced as children, which Peter believes is "something we lost as we got a little older." 

His vast collection is like flicking through a book of fairy tales: along with his own imaginary worlds, viewers are transported to scenes inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A curious mixture of real and fictitious events - from the sinking of the Titanic to tableaus from Victorian 'penny dreadful' literature and even Dr Who - ensures that Peter remains a masterful storyteller. 

With bright neon lights pulling us in to enjoy our favourite alcoholic beverages and a dose of ingenious wordplay, his collectible new Peep Show release offers a glimpse inside the Impossimal underworld. Don't miss these seven scenes of dubious debauchery! 

Peter says: “Complex, comforting, humorous, puzzling, perplexing and entertaining, each creation has its own story to tell. It doesn't matter if you are young or old, which path through life you take, if you like art or not, or how and where you hang your art: somewhere, someplace there’s an Impossimal creation waiting just for you.”

Shop Peter and Jayne's latest limited edition and original artworks here.