Peter John Wells was born in Kenya in 1958. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy when he was twenty one. He has subsequently had many exhibitions in London, Bruxelles and with The British Council in India 1996, 2000 and 2007. He was chosen as the Guardian artist of the month in 1999 and has been illustrated in The Independent, The Guardian, Resurgence and other magazines in the UK and abroad, He has illustrated children’s books for Action Aid and has designed sets for The Opera Director Ian Burton. IN 2007 he was invited to show one of his sculptures at Glastonbury Festival and in 2008 had a one man exhibition of Tamil Nadu paintings in The Victoria Gallery, Bath. He was also invited to decorate one of king Bladud's pigs in the same city. He desgined Tristan and Isolde for Ian Burton, lighting Patrick Woodroffe. in 2010 he founded the Fullsail theatre puppet company and created the peter john wells art trail on the Kennet and Avon canal.