Elizabeth Peck of West Windsor presents “Mostly Watercolor, Some Acrylic,” a solo art show at the West Windsor Library. There is a reception on Sunday, October 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibit is on view through October 31.
Peck was raised in Inwood, in the northern section of Manhattan. A graduate from the New York Phoenix School of Design (now part of Pratt Institute) with a major in fashion illustration, she has worked for a number of years in the graphic arts field. She serves as graphic designer for Not In Our Town, an interfaith, interracial, social action group based in Princeton. She worked at Princeton University Press for eight years and is now with ExpertPlan in East Windsor.
She is married to Ted Peck, who has lived in West Windsor for close to 40 years. They met at Unitarian Universalist Church of Princeton and are both active in the West Windsor Democratic Committee. He is a retired computer systems analyst, poet, and oil painter.
Elizabeth Peck has studied watercolor painting with Vincent Ceglia at Mercer County Community College, Marge Chavooshian of the Garden State Watercolor Society, and recently with Gail Bracegirdle. She is an associate member of the Garden State Watercolor Society and the Philadelphia Watercolor Society, and a member of TAWA. She has exhibited at Artworks and Ellarslie, many times at Mercer County Community College, Mercer Medical Center, Phillips Mill, Perkins Center for the Arts, West Windsor Art Council, and the New American Gallery, an online showcase for contemporary artists. Peck has received numerous awards throughout Mercer County, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas.
Peck’s mission statement on her website, elizabethpeckart.com, is “Nature is my main interest to paint. I like to portray people, animals, flowers and trees. I am hoping the viewer can see love, happiness, skill and even pretty. The best gift I can receive is for someone to say: ‘It’s beautiful’ and hang the painting on their home wall.”
Art Exhibit, West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road. Sunday, October 7, 2 to 4 p.m. Reception for “Mostly Watercolor, Some Acrylic.” On view to October 31. 609-799-0462.
