ABOUT PETER

Peter Thomas is a multi-medium fine artist and designer who was born in Manhattan and currently works and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and daughter. In 2013 he graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a major in Illustration and another in Graphic Design.

Since an early age, Peter has been excited and passionate about creating visuals, no matter the medium. From film and photography to stone and bronze sculptures, he makes sure every detail is accounted for and the end product will make people stop, look and see things a bit differently.

He started his career wearing many different hats, such as a freelance painter, illustrator and videographer, he went on to add being a photography assistant, corporate creative designer, and a stone sculptors assistant for Barry X Ball Studio. Peter found himself working alongside some renowned photographers such as Annie Liebovitz and Hiro with a client base that consisted of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Tiffany and Co, Samsung and many more. Most recently, Peter traveled all over Italy to sculpt in Carrara and install many large works for shows in places such as the Castello Sforzesco in the center of Milan. After trying on all of these hats, Peter found what checked all the boxes. Over the past years he has focused on sculpture and is finding more success and fulfillment with this medium. In this short time, he has had fortunate showings of his wildlife sculptures with Van Der Plas Gallery in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, The Greenpoint Gallery in Brooklyn, Tupper Arts Gallery in the heart of the Adirondack Park in Tupper Lake, New York, and currently has two works on display at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Peter participated in many shows, has won numerous awards in his short career as a wildlife sculptor He continues to stay hungry, produce new work and display it for the world to see.

Artist Statement

Nature’s wild and raw beauty have always had a great impact on my work and huge sources of inspiration to bring my own perspective to life. My current work shows wildlife's natural patterns, geometric shapes and impeccable detail to tell the story of how complex all of these animals really are but how cohesively, and seamlessly beautiful they are.

The process starts by closely examining the bone and muscle structure of the figure through any visual form, whether it’s life, photographs, or videos. I tend to emphasize the details that I find most intriguing, something that this animal would be very proud to show off. As well as ones that can speak to the emotion the animal is trying to portray. I make my own armatures from wood, metal pipe, and assorted hardware. These unique sculptures are then built out with modeling clay by hand and traditional clay sculpting tools. On request, I will make plaster molds to cast them in bronze and collaborate with local foundries using the lost wax technique.