Peter Wait

Throughout his painting career, of some 60 years, he has depicted, in various forms, his respect and, indeed, love of nature. There has always been evidence of his ‘relationship’ with the elements and a reflection on ‘Man against Nature’ with Nature’s response.

He explores the manner in which the landscape has been savaged by the needs of man - trees and motorways merge at times to create a pattern of organic and inorganic forms, a town is destroyed, and the abstract shapes of metal girders, burnt timbers and debris create a thought provoking image to the onlooker. Yet, a landscape in its own right can display the greatest of visual and emotional delights.

He quotes Beethoven writing about his 6th Symphony (The Pastoral) “look at the marvellous nature around us and you will feel soothed and will not be troubled by thoughts of the inevitable”. His work is a comment, but seldom more than an objective observation of a society in which the nature of man has exposed itself.

Some paintings simply aim to show the quality of our surroundings when left to display its wealth unhindered by unnecessary interference.