Peggy's Harlem studio in NEW YORK SPACES

The October issue of NEW YORK SPACES published
a photograph and profile of me in my Harlem studio with recent work.

                                                                            photo, Matthew Williams

"My studio in Harlem has great light and a 

terrific view, but when I'm there I'm aware of 

nothing but the canvas I'm working on. I've always 

painted, but my years at magazines, primarily 

House & Garden and House Beautiful--allowed 

me to be creative and to see great design and 

houses around the world--Italy for modern 

furniture, gardens in England, classics in France. 

Moroccan medinas, and Russian dachas. I'm 

grateful for the visual experiences I can call upon. 

My artist heroes continually open my eyes to 

something new--Velazquez, Matisse, Van Gogh, 

de Kooning and about a hundred others. Painting 

in plein air teaches me about light and atmosphere, 

exactly what I'm after in the abstractions. My work 

has layers of underpainting, graffiti, and scribbles. 

I start out with a mess of color and line and work 

my way out. Each canvas is a new adventure."

            artist Margaret Kennedy, in her Harlem studio

New Exhibition of Poetic Abstract Paintings

Right now I have five large abstract paintings in a show at the National Academy Museum and School at 5 East 89th Street in New York City. They are in the back gallery on a large wall to the right. The exhibit continues until December 9th.

The works are ethereal and poetic with clear colors and layers of graffiti markings and underpainting.
Sun yellow and pink with greys and mauve.  Soft blues and faded lavender with tangerine and egg yolk  channeled with whites and lively markings.  "Circus" melts greens and blues with a touch of pink and pale yellow. A watery suggestion of landscape in spring greens and lavender blues floats in a mist. "Sailing" suggests sails emerging from a fog with morning sun breaking through a few spots.