P. H. Taylor




P. H. Taylor began painting in 1980 and although she has worked in many mediums, today she is devoted to rendering colorful oil and pastel impressionistic works in both regular size and miniature. Taylor returned to the United States in 1998 after living in Saudi Arabia for 30 years and many of her colorful works are inspired by the Middle East. She is currently the director of Willow Wisp Farm Studios, a small art school in North Carolina dedicated to plein-air painting. Taylor was instrumental in organizing the Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters.

EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES

Studio W, Camden, SC & Boone, NC 2005 - 2006
Wickwire Gallery, Hendersonville 2005 - Present
Germanton Gallery Miniature Show, Germanton, NC 2005
One Woman Show, Montreat College, NC 2004
Grace Show, Asheville, NC 2004
Germanton Gallery Plein Air Show, Germanton, NC, 2004
Hamilton Gallery, Montreat College, NC 2003, 2005
Trillium, Asheville, NC 2003 - 2005
Fairview Library, Fairview, NC 2003
Brooklyn Arts Gallery, Wilmington, NC 2003
The Winter Gallery, Fairview, NC 2002 - 2005
The Small Works Show, Tryon, NC 2002
The Governor's School Summer Gala, SC 2002
Tippy's Touch of Charleston, Hendersonville, NC 2001 - 2002
Interiors Market Place, Asheville, NC, 2001 - 2002
Impeccable Art, Winston-Salem, NC 2000 - 2005
Royal Commission Solo Exhibition, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia 1998
Wohlfarth Galleries, Washington, DC 1997
Wohlfarth Galleries, Provincetown, MA, 1997
Private Exhibition for His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah ibn Turki Al Saud, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, 1996
Art Without Walls Solo Exhibition, Suffolks County Legislature, NY, 1996
Holiday Inn East at Mary Faye’s Cafe, Asheville, NC, 1994
RT Arts Festival, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1993, 1992, 1990
Arabian Gulf Artists, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, 1989, 1988, 1987
Arabian American Oil Company Women’s Group Solo Exhibition, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1989


AWARDS, HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Who’s Who in America, 2003
Who’s Who in America, 2002
Who’s Who in America, 2001
Who’s Who in America, Millennium Edition
Who’s Who in the South, 26th Edition
“Best of Show” RT Arts Festival, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1993
“First Place Oils” RT Arts Festival, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1993, 1992, 1990
“Second Place Oils” Arabia Gulf Artists, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1989, 1988
“3rd Place Oils” Arabia Gulf Artists, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1987
“1st Place Pastels” RT Arts Festival, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1992,1993

Signature member, Western Carolina Plein-Air Painters
Member, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Osage Beach, MO

Taylor served three terms as President of the Ras Tanura Art League and held numerous other positions on the Board. She was a member of the founding Board of Directors for the Grand Bay League of Arts & Crafts (Grand Bay, Alabama) where she served two years as President. For five years Peggy was the chairperson for the annual Fine Art Show. Taylor wrote an art related article for the "Fairview Town Crier", the local paper in her town for a number of years.

COLLECTIONS

Corporate Collections-- the Carolina Mountain Land Conservatory, NC; Harbor Enterprises, Syros, Greece; The Lobster Trap, Asheville, NC, and Carver Bible College, Atlanta, GA, and the City of Sparks, Nevada. Private Collections--Peggy’s work can be found in such diverse locations as: the USA, Saudi Arabia, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Canada, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Lebanon, and the Philippines.

EDUCATION

Tom Browning, 2005
Richard McKinley, 2005
Robert Johnson, 2004
Roberta Remy, 2004
Margaret Dyer, 2004
George Strickland, 2004
John Budicin, 2004
Gay Faulkenberry Still-life Workshop, Gay Faulkenberry, 2003, 2005
Nita Leland Collage Workshop, Nita Leland, 2003
Color Intensice, Kitty Wallis, 2003
Springtime Plein-air Painting, Armand Cabrera,2003
Artist Career Training, Geoffrey Gorman, 2002
Plein-Air Pastel Painting, Doug Dawson, 2002
From Study to Studio, Kenn Backhaus, Fairview, 2002, 2004
Conceptual Impressions, Ann Templeton, Fairview, 2001
Ralph Oberg Outdoor Painting, Ralph Oberg, Fairview, 2001
Plein-Air Plein & Simple, Brian Stewart, Fairview, NC, 2000
Oil and Pastel Painting, Bob Rohm, Fairview, NC, 2000, 2002
Discover a New Way of Seeing, Camille Przewodek, Fairview, NC, 2000, 2002
Painting the Impressionist Landscape, Lois Griffel, Fairview, NC, 2000, 2002, 2005
Brushing Up on Your Painting, E. C. Principato, Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA, 1997
Master Class, Painting the Impressionist Landscape, Lois Griffel, Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA, 1997
Painting the Impressionist Landscape, Lois Griffel, Greece, 1995, 1996
Painting the Impressionist Landscape, Lois Griffel, Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA 1991, 92, 93, 94
Catching the Light Master Class Workshop, Charles Sovek, Provincetown, MA, 1993
Multimedia Landscape Workshop, Zoltan Szabo, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1994
Painting Florals In Watercolor Workshop, Zoltan Szabo, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1991
Pastel Painting Workshop, Ben Konis, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1991, 2000
Fine Art of Painting & Drawing, North Light Art School, 1991 - 1992
Painting Watercolor Landscapes Workshop, Zoltan Szabo, Asheville, NC, 1990
Beginning Watermedia Workshop, Bayani Batista, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia 1990
Master Art Course, National Education Corporation, Independent Study Program, 1989 - 1991
Intermediate Drawing Workshop, Herman Peace, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1986
Weekly Oil Painting Classes, Hannah Garrett, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, 1985 - 1989