HOOT
Spotlights... Peggy Gerard
2009
Convention Chair
I
am a retired accountant and live in the country north of Sunbury,
Ohio with my husband Joe and our latest collection of unwanted cats
that have appeared at our door. We have five grown children
and thirteen grandchildren.
I
always feel that my time is well spent when I am in the process of
creating something.
I
am one of those people who can’t sit still and I am always
stitching, painting, drawing, etc. I love folk art and primitives and
it was a natural gravitation to
start my own business in 1982 and begin to sell my
“wares” at trade shows, art fairs and local
boutiques. I love to work with wool and appliqué
penny rugs, table mats and wall hangings. It is easy to take
stroke work patterns and adapt the shapes and curves into striking
pieces that have a “folk art” look to
them.
I
began to paint in 1996 or 1997 when I
took a few classes at the
“Calico Cupboard” to offset the 60-70 hour weeks of
working in professional accounting. It was cheaper than
therapy and something I had always been interested in trying.
I love to paint Santa Clauses and one of the first pieces I finished
and did not give away to one of my family members was Elaine
Thompson’s “Four Santas Stocking Holder”
that we still display every Christmas.
I joined HOOT in 2003 and
became actively involved in the Chapter in
2004 when I worked at the “Leap Into Painting”
convention. It was one of the most stimulating and exciting weeks I had
ever spent. So many artists, so many classes, so little
time! So I took the “leap” with both feet
and have worked every Convention since that time on the monitor crew,
as an assistant treasurer, assistant chair and this year as the Chair
of the 29th annual Convention “Painting Up A
Storm”. I have also served the Chapter as First
Vice President for two years.
There is absolutely
“No Place Like HOOT” and if you
are reading this website, YOU are invited to one of the best painting
experiences in the world the week of August 10-16, 2009.
There
are approximately 200 classes in every medium and skill
level taught by the some of the best known teachers in the Decorating
Painting industry. There is an expansive Exhibit Sales Hall,
an Art Show, a Gift Shop, Frees Demos, New
“Tablescapes” and “Virtual
Rooms” and more. There are enough fresh and
exciting ideas to keep you stimulated until next year!
