It’s probably best not to probe too deeply into why Peter Jones collects old stuffed monkeys, then paints them carefully in a strict photorealist technique. His portraiture rescues the monkeys from their toyish oblivion and gives them a tangible set of personalities. He treats them as individuals and portrays them as if they were alive. Does anyone have the number of a good shrink?

Waldemar Januszczak

The Sunday Times 17.12.06