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 and Jack Pardue. She shows her work at the Christmas Shop and Sea & Sounds Gallery in Manteo, NC, the Currituck Courthouse in Currituck, NC and Elmbrook Hospital in Brookfield, WI. One of her paintings hangs in a permanent collection of the Dare County Justice Center in Dare County, 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

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

Memberships:

Watercolor Society of North Carolina

Pasquotank & Currituck County Art 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. Tom and Peggy have ten 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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