Peter Stichbury (born 1969 in Auckland) is a New Zealand artist.
[1] Stichbury graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, in 1997.
[2] He won New Zealand’s prestigious Wallace Art Awards the same year.
Stichbury is most renowned for his intricate yet flat portraits of models and modern beauties sourced from contemporary media images.
[9] Stichbury is influcened by modern psychology and sociology, alien conspiracy theory, popular culture and historical painters including Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Lucian Freud.