Peggy Sue Payne

Peggy Sue's formal training began with Textile Studies at the Anna Templeton Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland, and led to a BFA from Mount Allison University.  Her experiences have allowed for a dedicated lifelong practice with a strong focus on textiles, drawing, painting and printmaking.  Having more than two decades of professional experience, has resulted in her work being coveted and collected nationally.  Peggy Sue Payne is inspired by all forms of nature.  Her prolific and expansive body of work is ever changing.

“I pay tribute to the flora, fauna, and animals that surround and inspire me daily.  I use a variety of materials and methods to create my work ranging from acrylic, ink, graphite, fabric or wood.  I use the medium that the image calls for and I let the work unfold and develop in the process.   I am driven by an innate need to create, a passion for painting and an artist responsibility to inspire others to look more carefully at the world around them, inside themsleves, and to discover the beauty in the everyday.”