Peggi Habets
| Artistic Category | artist |
|---|---|
| Career Level | Professional |
| Experienced With | Commissions, For-hire services, Leading workshops, Lectures, Public art, Speaking engagements, Teaching engagements |
Painting people is the antidote to my voyeuristic tendencies. I love observing an individual or group and secretly creating a story based on a glance, gesture, interaction, or something else.
Although my paintings are realistic in nature, my intent is not to create a painting that looks like a photograph. Instead, my primary goal is to tell a story, reveal an emotion, or set a mood. I utilize anything I can to reach this goal, including design, color, brushstroke, cropping, and composition. My greatest reward is to create a painting that connects with the viewer emotionally, rationally or inexplicably.
Peggi is an award-winning artist and instructor who works primarily in watercolor and mixed media on paper. Her work has been exhibited and collected internationally and has been included in a variety of publications, including "Best of America: Watercolor Artists", and the following magazines: Pratique Des Arts; Watercolor Artist; Watercolor Magic; Palette; and the Portrait Society of America's The Art of The Portrait. Most recently, she authored "Watercolor Made Easy: Portraits" and was featured in "The Art of Drawing and Painting Portraits", both books published by Walter Foster Publishing. Peggi's artwork was twice selected for Watercolour Biennials in China, Shanghai and Shenzhen. A watercolor instructor, Peggi has taught students from around the country and internationally.
Genres
- Drawing
- Mixed-media
- Painting
- Artist Books
Keywords
- Charcoal
- Figurative
- Graphite
- Realist
- Representational
- Watercolor
- Conte