About Peta

Peta Wainwright is a landscape painter who explores the emotional and personal dimensions of place. She describes her practice as investigating "the deeply personal relationship between humans and the natural world."

Her work focuses on how landscapes embody memory, feeling, and history. Wainwright views natural spaces as inherently connected to human experience rather than neutral backdrops. She aims to capture what she terms the "identity of a place"—examining how locations feel emotionally alongside their visual characteristics.

Wainwright works from both direct observation and memory, blending these approaches to create spaces where reality and emotion coexist. Her use of color, texture, and brushwork reflects her emotional connection to depicted landscapes. She emphasises that "the atmosphere of a place...has the power to evoke a visceral response."

She seeks balance between literal representation and metaphorical expression, often finding beauty in understated elements: transitions between land and sky, and interplay of light and shadow.

A central concern involves reconnecting people to the natural world amid urbanisation and technological distance. Her paintings serve as invitations to slow down and recognise our place within nature—acknowledging landscapes as carriers of stories and enduring sources of grounding and perspective.