Abstract painter and former graphic artist (and hellion!)
Good day, funky peeps! For this episode I sat down in the spacious new studio digs of abstract artist Peggy Ferris, who turned from two decades of graphic design business to focusing on abstract art, both in the hard edge style and gestural abstraction.

In this chat we dug deep into her past and unearthed some groovy stuff.
Topics include: Peggy's new studio How she starts (and finishes) a series Her time at Art Center Pasadena and at the Royal Academy at the Hague Being the only American at the Royal Academy Living with Transcendental Meditators Meditation as "recovery" from making art Holland's policy of paying artists The influence of pop artist Richard Smith Working in Graphic Design and dealing with clients Peggy Ferris' father's wanderlust and living in Long Island as a kid Coming back to West Hollywood and becoming a "hellion" Her time at UCSB How a Wacom tablet and a tennis injury got her back into fine art Adjusting her expectations to the reality of being an artist How Santa Barbara is not a great town to sell art, but a great town for the artist lifestyle The beginning of the Abstract 10 The next series?

Peggy's work can be found at her website.
She is currently showing as part of the Abstract 10 group show at MichaelKate Interiors.