ABOUT

"We do not remember days, we remember moments"  is a quote I've always loved by Cesare Pavese, an Italian poet.   

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Sunlight hitting an everyday object can make it go from ordinary to extraordinary in an instance and it is a challenge to capture the moment. 

 

I started painting at a young age and was taught and inspired by my father who worked in watercolors.  

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I always thought I would go to college for fine arts but when I went to Massachusetts College of Art in Boston I decided to major in graphic design.  I loved the challenge of taking on projects for a client and being creative within a time frame.   

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Working in graphic design felt like I was taking someone's dream and making it a tangible reality.    

 

After years of working in design I missed being creative without the constraints of deadlines. 

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One day I just started painting again and it felt great.  It felt like coming home. 

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I'm also passionate about animal related causes, and will be publishing a book about the plight of an elephant named Kito, who is forced into the harsh life of a circus.  

 

After reading an article in Animal Times about how elephants are trained for the circus, I was inspired to write the story.  Visit the Kito : An Elephant's Life  website for more details.

Thank you for checking out my work. I greatly appreciate it. I look forward to sharing more of my art with you.

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Peggy Cartier Batakis