About the Artist

Upon retirement in June of 1999, Peggy decided to start painting again after 25 years of motherhood and working. She is enchanted and fascinated by the way light affects objects and the world in general. She likes the challenge of solving the endless problems that arise while developing a painting and the satisfaction she receives bringing it to completion. It is this process that provides her with the many opportunities for growth and the driving force to continue in watercolor.

She is a student of Pat Troiani and attends her weekly watercolor classes in Southern Shores, NC since December of 1999. She has studied under Janet Walsh, Barclay Sheaks, Susan Check, Jack Pardue, and Catherine Hillis. She shows her work at the Dare County Arts Council Gallery in Manteo, NC. Her paintings hang in the permanent collection of the Dare County Justice Center in Dare County, NC and in The Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head, NC.

Awards:

September of 2000 - "Beach Sunrise" Third Place Award at the Landmark Competition in Elizabeth City, NC

January 2001- "Bathed in Sunlight" Excellence Award at the 23rd Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show in Nags Head, NC

April 2004 - "Tom" First Place & People's Choice Award at the Silver Arts Competition in Kitty Hawk, NC

October 2004 - "Tom" First Place Silver Arts Competition in Raleigh, NC

October 2004 - "Early Morning" Winner of the Beach Book Cover Competition in Manteo, NC

January 2008 - "Mother Day Bouquet Series #1" Excellence Award Frank Stick Memorial Art Show in Nags Head, NC

May 2011 - "Tiger Azalea" People's Choice Award at the Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show in Manteo, NC

September 2011 - "Tiger Azalea" Honorable Mention at the 23rd Landmark Competition in Elizabeth City, NC

Purchase Awards:

September 2000 "Beach Sunrise" Landmark Competition, Elizabeth City, NC

September 2001 "Blue Heron" Landmark Competition, Elizabeth City, NC

October 2001 "Bathed in Sunlight" Watercolor Society of NC's 56th Juried Exhibition, Raleigh, NC

March 2009 "Cedar Creek" Currituck Art Show, Currituck County, NC

September 2009 "Amaryllis" Landmark Competition, Elizabeth City, NC

Memberships:

Watercolor Society of North Carolina

Dare County Arts Council

Past President of the Dare County Arts Council

She was born in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin the oldest of ten children. She is married, a mother of three and stepmother to four. Peggy has fourteen grandchildren. She received a Mirocomputer Specialist degree from Washington Business School and is a Certified Professional Secretary and a Licensed Practical Nurse.

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