Cosmetics
oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
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The Real Thing:
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
Peggi Kroll-Roberts knows what it's like to have a consuming career as a painter and raise three children while she's at it.
Most of her works are smaller, which has helped. And her subject matter is
often the things that fill her home: flowers from the garden, a butter dish in the kitchen, tubes of lipstick -- and her kids.
"I had to figure out a way to do the kids and paint, so I painted them by
the pool, watching TV, everywhere," she says.
As for her unusual still-life
subjects, she adds, "I can't get excited about typical still lifes. I have
to find something that excites me. I wouldn't paint a muffin next to
a pearl necklace because I never come across that. What I come across is my
daughters' nail polish and fake jewelry. Or a vase of flowers."
"I have to sort of 'believe' in what I'm painting," she says.
Portfolio of the artist's work
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