WHY I PAINT
"Painting is both the agony and the ecstasy. Nothing is better than the high I get from creating a painting I like a lot. Nothing can put me into a funk quicker than if I paint a failure. I guess I can’t help myself. It’s an addiction at this point in my life.
I have painted in pastels, watercolors, oil sticks, and now most of the time in traditional oils. Within the last 6 months or so, my art has taken an unexplained turn for the better. (Maybe it’s all the miles I’ve put on my brush.) At the present time, I am obsessed with painting a group of beautiful, sophisticated women for a large show somewhere this year. This will not be my last obsession. I’ve lived long enough to know that.
Because my great grandmother painted, I feel a closer connection with her than with other ancestors. Some of her paintings hang in my living room. My goal is not to paint for monetary gain but to paint for my children and my grandchildren and generations I’ll never know, but will know me through my art."
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2006
- Columbia Center Gallery Celebration V, WPW
- Featured Artist, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
- The Divas 4, Serendipity Fine Art, LaConner, WA
- Alive With Color, Mercer Island Gallery, Mercer Is., WA
2005
- Bellevue Arts Fair, 2002 & 2005
- Edmonds Arts Festival, 2002 & 2005
2002
- MIVAL Art Show, Mercer Island, WA
- Three Woman Show, Mercer Island Gallery, WA
2001
- Three Woman Show, Swansons Nursery, Ballard, WA
- Solo Show, Renton Arts Commission, Renton, WA
- Artist of the Month, Artist Collections, Seattle, WA
- Four Artists at Flamingo Gallery, Renton, WA
2000
- Unitarian Church Gallery, Bellevue, WA
- Two Woman Show, Squak Mountain Nursery Gift Shop, Issaquah, WA
1999
- Asian Art Museum Show, Seattle
- Issaquah Womens Club Christmas Show, Issaquah, WA
- Solo Show, Front Gallery, Studio Art, Everett, WA
- Solo Exhibition, Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA
- EAFA art shows, 1998 through 2001
GALLERIES PAST AND PRESENT
- Serendipity Fine Art, LaConner, WA
- Up Front Art, Issaquah, WA
- Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
- Flamingo Gallery, Renton, WA
- Cobblestone Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
- Studio Art Gallery, Everett, WA
- Art Concepts, Kirkland, WA
- Artistic Collections, Seattle
- True Northwest, Kirkland, WA
- Squak Mountain Nursery and Gift Shop, Issaquah, WA
CORPORATE ACQUISITION
ARTS COMMISSION PURCHASE
- Contest winner for poster and original painting. Purchase by Issaquah Arts Commission
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Co-Chair, Issaquah Art in the Barn, Issaquah, WA 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- Co-Owner, Cobblestone Gallery, Pioneer Square, WA 1999, 2000, 2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Eastside Association of Fine Arts, served on variety of committees
- Northwest Watercolor Society, served on variety of committees
- Northwest Pastel Society
- Women Painters of Washington
ART EDUCATION
- Design and Art related classes at Pierce Junior College, Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles City College, L.A., CA; Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica, CA; Bellevue City College, Bellevue, WA
- Ongoing classes with Michelle Cooper, Cathe Gill, Deanne Lemley, Nancy Bogni, Nancy Fulton, and Ned Mueller
- Workshops with Eric Weigardt, Arne Westerman, Doug Dawson, Susan Ogilvie, Henry Stinson and others
See more of Pepper's Artwork at her website:
www.pepperpeterson.com
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Pepper Peterson
Issaquah, WA
pepperstudio@aol.com
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of the Artist.
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