MARGARET PETER, B.A., S.C.A., O.S.A.


Marg Peter at Work

Text of Guelph Life Interview with Marg Link Button


Margaret Peter is a Guelph painter and original printmaker
who rejoices in the beauty of nature and the joy and inspiration it brings her.

Marg’s work is strongly textural and impressionistic.

"Creating a background colour and then putting thick acrylic or oil and cold wax on top allows for the creative scratching and manipulation with painting tools."
Hot Night in the City

The paintings below measure 12" x 12", and were done by invitation for a show called The Square Foot Show:

Samba
Zumba
Viva
Samba

Wax and Oil on Board
Zumba

Cold Wax and Oil on Board
Viva

Cold Wax and Oil on Board


Found objects, such as feathers, shells, and fossils, give her imagination a "kick-start"
and she'll be off to create a new print about images that reflect life in its transient state.


Birds of a Feather


"I love the shapes and textures of feathers and took the opportunity
to record a lasting impression with watercolor, paper and printing press."

“I like to slightly abstract a drawing of an object or surface by emphasizing patterns and shapes
through the use of colour and textures or by closely examining a small section of it.”

Original prints include monotypes, collagraphs and etchings on paper.
Printmaking subjects usually involve fossils, cats, pictographs and petroglyphs.


T-rex Cat Sunbathing

Crane Petroglyph


"On location, thick watercolor paints are spread on an acrylic sheet and later
printed on paper with my press for a unique monotype."


Bissell Dam at Elora


Her vibrantly colourful acrylic paintings draw upon an eclectic array of subjects with floral, landscape, figurative and abstract themes.


Shrub Roses


While she enjoys working on site, her large fluid acrylic paintings are achieved in her studio.
A Drive in the Country 12


Her Earth’s Treasures Series, a mixed media series, reflects the rich colours of minerals and rocks:


Earth's Treasures Series III

Earth's Treasures V 49


Marg’s work has been shown in many solo shows in private and public galleries across Canada, including the University of Waterloo and Guelph Civic Museum. She has received several juror awards. Her work resides in private collections world-wide, while locally she has two prints in the MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery Collection. Marg is featured in newspaper, magazine and television interviews.

Margaret is a founding member of the Chimera Gallery (April 1976), the Phoenix Artists Co-op (July 1978), President (1981, 1988, 1991, 2003-2005) of the Guelph Creative Arts Association, Member of Central Ontario Art Association, The Print and Drawing Council of Canada, and Visual Arts Ontario.

In October 1990, she was accepted into the Society of Canadian Artists. In May 1991, she was accepted into the Ontario Society of Artists, and was a member of the “Guelph Artisans” from April 1992 to 2002.

Margaret has taught printmaking courses for the city of Guelph, workshops for teachers in several counties, and was head of the Art Department at Glenview Park Secondary School in Cambridge in 1985. She has done the Artist-in-Schools program in Owen Sound, Guelph, and Chatham. Margaret was the printmaking instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University from 1988-2006. Weekend and week-long courses in Watercolour Monotypes and Fluid Acrylics have been taught in Georgetown, Etobicoke, Kitchener and Elora. The awards that have come to Margaret through her wonderful talent are too numerous to mention here.

Margaret has a studio at her home in Guelph (see the Blue Book) and at:

Williams Mill
515 Main Street, Glen Williams
Ontario, L7G 3S9

Gallery Open: Wednesday - Sunday from noon to 5 pm
Tel: 905-873-8203


To see more of Margaret’s work, go to: www.margpeterprints.com

 Contact Margaret: margpeterprints@sentex.net