Peggy Jones was born in Manhattan Beach, California. Following high school graduation, she began a career in graphic arts working first for newspapers in the Los Angeles area, and then with various advertising agencies.           

 Married at the time to a constantly moving printer, she set up her own graphic design business in four different cities. Moving to Ruidoso, New Mexico in 1983, she hoped to settle down and paint full time. Because her youngest child was only two at the time, pastels were her medium of choice. Over the course of the next fourteen years, she perfected her craft, pushing her medium to it’s limits. However, in 1997, frustrated with the limitations of pastels, Peggy started the process of learning how to paint in oils. Additional inspiration and guidance came from contemporary painters, including Ann Templeton and Scott Christensen.

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