About the artist

Artist’s Statement
Peg’s work is based in landscape. Her paintings focus on significant forms and elements in nature. Many of the places which inspire her work are wild, open spaces where man’s influence is less evident. Possibly because of her East Anglian upbringing, she is drawn to big skies and salt marshes; however, having wound up in Kingston upon Thames, she also frequently paints the river and Richmond Park. Through her use of photography and printmaking, Peg has become increasingly interested in manipulating the significant elements which make up the landscapes from which she takes inspiration. She is currently exploring collagraphs and the use of fragmented etching plates to build up and rearrange the elements of her images. She often works and reworks the surface of her paintings, manipulating the incidental marks and interactions of colours as she work.

Biography
After a foundation course at North East Essex School of Art, Peg completed a degree in Fine Art at Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology from 1985 -1988. She worked in photography and then designing holograms before training as a primary teacher. Teaching and then having her own children took over for a number of years, although she has studied etching at Putney School of Art since about 2000. Peg feels she waited a long time for the opportunity to commit herself again to being an artist but returned to painting full time in 2007, working from a studio at Fusion Arts in Kingston upon Thames. Very excitingly she has recently moved in to her new studio at the end of the garden!