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Peggy Watkins
AFC, OPA (Assoc)
Wildlife & Sporting Art |
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Peggy Watkins is an artist residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Her respect for the natural world and animals exhibits itself in her elegant representational images. Although she has worked with mediums such as colored pencils and pastels, oil paint is her preferred medium. "Oils are very powerful in that they allow me to accomplish my main objective of capturing the emotion of the moment and the nuances of the subject I am painting."
Although a realist, her style of painting can be described as painterly. "it is challenging to me in that it requires bold brush strokes with lots of lost and found edges while still keeping the structure realistic through the use of proper value and color. It also requires an emphasis on selective focus so that the viewer's eye is held just where you intended. When you get it right the result is dramatic and energetic."
When not completing commissioned art work, her preferred subjects are hunting dogs, North American and African wildlife. She has traveled to Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and she and her husband have a home just across from the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. Additionally, annual trips are made to America's great parks for research and reference acquired first hand.
Born in Washington State into a Navy family, Peggy began drawing at a very young age. Numerous moves across the US as well as Asia her to live in many different environments. In Atlanta she has had the opportunity to attend fine art classes at the Atlanta College of Art in addition to private instruction from artist Kristopher Meadows. Peggy also does a great deal of self study that includes studying images of her favorite artists such as David Shepherd, Richard Schmid and John Singer Sargent. She has also attended workshops instructed by John Banovich and Dave Wade.
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Support for Conservation:
Kamana Meat For Conservation Project - A project in Mfuwe Zambia to provide local residents a protein alternative to game meat. Currently, subsistance poaching (usually with snares) is a problem in and around the South Luangwa National Park. The snares are meant to capture small game (which is illegal) and has many detrimental effects on roaming animals such as elephant, lion and wild dogs. The program begins with the formation of a conservation club in key areas (called Kamana Conservation Clubs). The program provides the clubs 4 pigs (including a breeding pair), a brick structure to house pigs as well as instruction and medicines for their care. The pigs are to be bread and sustained as well as harvested for meat. The program is run onsight by Kwaza School. The program was initially funded by Peggy and Todd Watkins.
Special Achievements:
- 2005 - First Place People's Choice Award - Summer Colors Fine Art Show - Highlands, NC
- 2005 - Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition - Finalist - animal art category
- 2005 - Wildlife Art Magazine - Nature's Way Article
- 2005 - Covey Rise Magazine Feature - The Art of Peggy Watkins
- 2003 - Best of Show - North Georgia Wildlife Art Festival
Peggy has participated in juried exhibitions including
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, 2004 - Charleston, SC
American Contemporary Dog Art Competition, 2003 - New York
Southeastern Wildlife and Outdoor Exhibition, 2003 - Moultrie, GA
Southern Wildlife Festival, 2003 - Decatur, AL
Collections:
- 2005 - Bennington Center For The Arts
"The Great Escape" - Oil painting of two young fox. Award of Merit from the Bennington Center For The Arts, Artists For The New Century Exhibit
Publications:
- Covey Rise Magazine Feature - The Art of Peggy Watkins (2005)
More about Covey Rise Magazine Feature - The Art of Peggy Watkins
supplied photographs of my artwork - A full page article discussing my sporting art along with 6 images of my paintings.
- Wildlife Art Magazine - Nature's Way Article (2005)
- A 2 page article describing the cheetah and their threats in Africa. The article included my painting of two young cheetah titled "Last Glance" as well as a photo of me with a hand raised cheetah taken in an African game park.
Author: Peggy Watkins
Organization Membership:
- 2003 - Oil Painters of America (Assoc)
- 2003 - Women Artists of the West - WAOW (Assoc)
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All rights reserved. All images and text © Copyright 2013 Peggy Watkins - Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation (Formerly
the Worldwide Nature Artists Group) www.natureartists.com.
This site represents the original artwork (nature art and wildlife art) of nature
artist and wildlife artist of Peggy Watkins and is protected by international copyright laws. Use
of nature art, wildlife art or any other images or text from this site, requires
permission in writing from Peggy Watkins ().
This site is part of the Artists for Conservation (AFC) Web site. (Wildlife
Art - Nature Art - Conservation) Artists for Conservation is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to
nature art, wildlife art and conservation. On this site you will find world-class
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All content appearing in pages featuring Peggy Watkins is the sole responsibility of Peggy Watkins. The opinions expressed on these artists' pages are those of Peggy Watkins and do not necessarily reflect those of the Artists for Conservation
Foundationi (AFC).
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