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"The purpose of art is to uplift the spirit," explains Peggy Weiner, a San Diego artist originally from the suburbs of New York and a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation Program."
"I paint subjects that stir my soul in hopes of eliciting a similar response in my viewer. Often times this involves painting a usual subject from an unusual perspective or emphasizing the underlying patterns in Nature." After receiving her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, she attended the UCLA School of Interior Design where she began her formal art training. In 1978 she moved to San Diego, California, where she continued her fine art education at Mesa College, the Athenaeum School of Art, and the San Diego Watercolor Society. She has continued studying fine art ever since from professionals throughout the country. |
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Peggy works in all water-based mediums, often mixing watercolor, acrylic ink, gouache, and watercolor pencil. After many years of specializing in florals, she was hired to work for an award-winning greeting card company to design and paint a watercolor botanical illustration line for them.
Recently, she was commissioned to work for a private cancer hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, creating fourteen still-lives, florals, and landscapes to decorate their new chemotherapy wing. Peggy's work has been exhibited and won awards in numerous juried shows across the country and may be seen at the San Diego Watercolor Society, the San Diego Museum of Art, La Jolla Art Association, and other San Diego commercial settings; contact her studio for current locations. She is married and has three sons. |