Thieves steal paintings from disabled artist Peter "Jungle" Phillips Peter 'Jungle' Phillips home has had 3 robberies in the past 2 week with about 10 paintings stolen. Jungle displays his art in his front yard and his home is always open to the public. ABOUT 12 paintings have been stolen from the front yard of popular artist Peter "Jungle" Phillips over the past two weeks. But Jungle, 56, who opens his Marion Rd house to the public each day to show off his hundreds of pieces of art, is refusing to move the works. "My art is here for everyone to enjoy," Jungle said. It is really upsetting and it's getting me down. I'm trying to do the public a service. I'm not going to stop doing it, no matter what. Jungle has an intellectually disability from a brain injury he suffered after being hit by a car when he was riding his bike in 1999. He began painting 35 years ago after the death of his brother, Steven. His Plympton Park home now contains more than 500 paintings, which he sells starting at $10. His work has featured in the SA Living Artists Festival and been displayed interstate, including at the University of Sydney. An exhibition at Sydney's Artereal Gallery described his work as "a bright, optimistic, colourful and cheerful reflection of his inner spirit and charismatic charm. Complete with phonetic texts and a bug eyed cast of characters, some from his imagination, some real, his work is full of energy and spirit. Jungle said at least two people must be stealing the paintings because some were quite large. "One was really heavy and about 2m high," he said. They can't have gotten very far with it unless they drove a van down. He hoped anyone with information would contact police and just wanted his works returned. Sturt acting Superintendent Dennis Lock said police would speak with Mr Phillips to prevent further paintings being stolen. "But items of value should not be left out in the view of public," Supt Lock said.