In 1844 Wood exhibited a painting of Manley Hall at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited one picture at the British Institution and 19 at the Birmingham Society of Arts. Wood specialised in watercolour sketches and oil paintings of landscape, buildings and animals. His chief patron was William Salt, banker and antiquary, who commissioned Wood to paint landscapes and buildings for his collections for a history of Staffordshire.Knight, R.W., 'William Salt and His Library', Staffordshire Historical Collections, Occasional Papers 3 (2002).
