If your partner comes home with a new library book, don\u2019t be too quick to dismiss it \u2013 it may be the beginning of your new career!<\/p>\n
For self-taught watercolour artist, now award-winning US art quilter Peggy Brown, this certainly was the case. An ex-journalist and mother of three young boys in the 1970s, Peggy delighted in a break from the chores. The watercolour book that her husband, Jim, brought home from the library, gave her a chance to relax and indulge herself in her childhood love of art.<\/p>\n
Once opened and the paintbox wetted, painting became an obsession \u2013 and the beginning of Peggy\u2019s trajectory to US art quilt royalty.<\/p>\n
Peggy began \u2013 initially on paper and later on fabric \u2013 for her own enjoyment. But she gains true fulfilment through uniting with her viewers through her vision and the marks that she makes. In the same way, she sees her works as collaborations between herself, the artist, and her medium \u2013 watercolour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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