About the Artist

Peggy Neuman has worked as a professional artist since 1988. In 2000, she moved from Durango, Colorado to Albuquerque, New Mexico where she paints, creates commissioned works of art, teaches, and exhibits.

She studied watercolor painting, briefly, with Margaret Barge and Jim Gensheer, of Durango, and has also worked with Bertie Stroup-Marah, Zoltan Szabo, Leo Smith, and Stephen Quiller in 1988 and 1989. Since then, Peggy has participated in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions. Her work has been exhibited at The Carriageworks Gallery, Termar Gallery, and Peggy Neuman Fine Arts Studio in Durango and now in Albuquerque.

Peggy has taught in the Durango Public Schools, and now conducts private and group lesson and workshops, for all ages, in art skills and "Releasing Your Creative Spirit to Find the Passions in Your Life". She has also taught (4 years) intermediate watercolor at the Fort Lewis College Elderhostl.

Peggy works in water-based media, watercolor and acrylic, mixed-media, and collage, using a variety of materials. She also creates hand-made light sculptures, and hand-made books, containing her collages and poetry.

*More than 20 exhibitions and invitationals in the Durango area

*Grand Champion - LaPlata County Fair -1989

*5 Juried Art Shows - Durango Arts Center -1989 - 2000

*Featured Artist - Carriageworks Gallery -1988

*Featured Artist - Termar Gallery -1989

*Featured Artist - Durango Home show -1999

*Installation Artist - Crane & Ehlers Law Offices -1997-1998

*Published in "Southwest Art "& "Arts & Antiques " magazines

*Wellness Fair" - Scottsdale Center, Albuquerque, NM - November 2001

*Featured Artist - "Albuquerque Health & Wellness Fair"- Dec.,2001

*Exhibiting Artist - Liza Heck Gallery, Madrid, NM (ongoing)

*Featured Artist - Liza Heck Gallery, Madrid, NM - July - Dec., 2002