Peggy started her career in art after graduating from California College of the Arts and then working as a commercial artist. A move to New York State brought opportunities to teach art and natural history, exhibit her work in many venues. After 40 years she returned to California and settled on the Central Coast. Peggy searches out her paintings on walks beside ocean, forest and streams. “The most compelling subject to me is water – obscuring, revealing, reflecting, and moving – although many beautiful sights in nature inspire a painting.” She works primarily in the pastel medium, which she appreciates for its color purity, layering and subtle effects. She has participated in over 100 juried exhibitions in the last 6 years, and earned master circle status with the International Assn. of Pastel Societies, signature membership in the Pastel Society of America, Connecticut Pastel Society, Pastel Society of the West Coast, American Artists Professional League, and Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters, and is an elected artist member of the Salmagundi Art Club and Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club of NYC. She enjoys serving on the Advisory board of the Pastel Society of America, and Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association.