Peter Evans

b. 1979 · From London · Based in Brazil · Collage & painting

Peter Evans (b. 1979) is a multidisciplinary artist and songwriter from London based in Brazil. Evans’ practice began with collage and evolved through collecting, photography, and painting before returning to abstraction through collaged paintings. Working with reclaimed canvas, found materials, oil, acrylic, charcoal and pencil he creates layered surfaces rich with history and process.

Made directly on his studio floor, the works balance collage, gesture, and colour within structured compositions. The subject matter shifts between complete abstraction and symbols drawn from his surroundings, creating a visual language that is both personal and open-ended. Exploring the tension between rawness and order, Evans combines reclaimed fragments, bold colour fields, and instinctive forms to create paintings that feel both spontaneous and considered.

Evans graduated from the MA Fine Art course at Chelsea College of Art in 2016, where he received the Vice Chancellor's Scholarship Award. He has exhibited in shows at Saatchi and Delphian Galleries in London, Mana Contemporary in New York and En Face in Paris. A self-published book Thinking of You, Post cards:1948-2015 was included in the Tate Library & Archive collection in 2017 and in 2019 he was in residence at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy. In 2019 Evans moved to Brazil, where he lives and works from a ranch just outside of Rio de Janeiro.

Why it belongs in wool

Evans’s layered compositions offer a natural starting point for a textured wool surface. Areas of colour become distinct fields of pile, while changes in height and carved edges give the overlapping forms physical depth. Wool brings warmth to the balance between raw marks and ordered shapes.

Hand-Tufted, Never Printed
Each piece is punched by hand, tuft by tuft — around 16 hours of handwork.
Sculpted in Three or More Heights
Every piece is tufted at three or more pile heights, then hand-carved — relief deep enough to cast its own shadow.
Watch Yours Being Made
Progress photos and video from the studio, then we email you photos and a video of your actual finished piece. Nothing ships until you approve it.
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Hanging hardware included and fitted.
New Zealand wool — 80% blend or 100% pure
Long-staple wool chosen for depth of colour and the way it holds a carved edge.