Celebrating 25 Years in Asheville: Peggy Horne Taylor

"Behind the Big House"
Oil on Linen board
8x10

Peggy Horne Taylor began painting in 1980. She owned a dessert catering company called “Eatable Art.ʼʼ One day, one of her customers suggested she start painting pictures to hang on the wall for people to enjoy instead of painting pictures on cakes for them to eat. That was all it took for Taylor to jump into oil painting with both feet.

Today she is devoted to painting colorful scintillating oil and pastel impressionistic works in both regular size and miniature. She lived in Saudi Arabia for 30 years and many of her works are inspired by the Middle East and her travels. Formerly the Director of Willow Wisp Farm Studios, a small art school in Fairview, NC; specializing in plein-air painting, Taylor currently operates her studio and gallery with the same name and teaches art classes.