Peter Smith (born in Mansfield 1967) is a contemporary British artist. The subject for which he is most well known is a striped rotund creature with the form of a hippopotamus but the stripes of a zebra, which are known as 'Zeppos' or 'Impossimals'. Smith is a self-taught artist who in 2005 contributed an artwork to the BBC's "Children in Need". He became professional, teaming-up with Washington Green Fine Art Publishing. 2005 In May 2005 he released his first Washington Green collection "The Art of Surprise", containing eight limited edition prints: "I Love You" "A Fool's Moon" "With All My Heart" "Tall Paul" "The Management" "So It's Not Fancy Dress Then?" "Mr Lubba Lubba" "Meet The Firm" In June four further prints were released as part of the summer release: "Can I Have My Ball Back?" "Lucinda" "Love Avalanche" "Mummy!" July saw the release of one print as part of an MBNA Credit Card Special entitled ""Love Is All Around You" September saw the release of two more prints on general release: "Love Boat" and "Tunnel of Love" November saw the release of the final print of the year as a Christmas release, "Is That It?" In total 16 different prints were released in 2005. 2006 2006 saw 21 different prints released, making it his most prolific year of released works February 2006 saw the release of "Tails of the Unexpected", a collection of eight prints: "Are We There Yet?" "You're Beautiful" "We Are Family" "Always And Forever" "When Two Hearts Beat As One" "Scenes of Mild Peril" "That Old Devil Called Love" "Shall We Dance?" Between March and November a further eight prints were released on general release: "Romper Room" "Pile High Club" "Meet The Lubbas" "Catch A Falling Heart" "I'll Get My Coat" "Playtime" "The Crying Game" (first print to be released on box canvas rather than giclee on paper" "The Kiss" June 2006 saw the release of five World Cup themed prints collectively called "Smithy's World Cup Heroes" "Spirit of '66" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "I Never Touched Him" "The Biggest Fan" "Heading for Glory" 2007 Across 2007 six general release prints were released (in February and September) "The Moon And Back" "Bunny My Honey" "Naughty But Nice" "When Boy Meets Girl" "Forever by My Side" "We Are The Boys" 2008 There were a total of 17 releases across 2008, starting in January with two Valentine releases