New Paintings

Peggy Shearn’s current work is a series of “Dream Paintings” inspired by images and stories from dreams she has recorded over the years. Her style, which is best described as self-taught “outsider” art, is a result of her experience as a freelance graphic designer, calligrapher, illustrator, printmaker and painter, all areas she has explored without benefit of formal art education. These acrylic-on-canvas paintings are detailed renderings of the odd perspectives, strange juxtapositions, and fugitive narratives of the dream world.

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“Swans’ Song” 30″x24″

“He Asked Me to Take Care of His Bear” 24″x30″

“It Looked Perfect From the Outside” 30″x40″

“He Said I Had to Choose” 30″x30″

“I realized it was not a jewel, but a spider” 24″x30″
“Virus Dreams” 23″x30″
“Dream Writing” 24″x30″

“She Had to Prove to Them She Could Fly” 30″x30″

“She was in the sky above the garden” 24″x30″
“A pool appeared, and in it floated a sailor dreaming of faraway places” 30″x30″
“She looked out onto a lane filled with dancers, musicians and street performers” 24″x30″
“Taming the Wild Beasts” 24″x30″

“She Was Different than the Other Children” 24″x30″