Peggy Zehring - Artist

For years, I have traveled many continents in search of universal, visual Truths from which to formulate a global unity of forms and symbols.
As a result of my travels, I now use the ratios of irrational numbers like the Golden Mean as an underlying architecture to my work. The square symolizes the masculine in some philosophies while the circle sympolizes the

feminine. Juxtaposing the two makes interesting relationships. I use simple shapes and forms variously combined and layered with thickly textured materials to explore these relationships and to create bas-relief, sculptural effects.
The materials I seek have been softened and aged by the earth: sand, ash, marble dust, chalk dust, spackle, and found objects all held together with acrylic mediums (the binders for acrylic paints).

I felt honored when Peter Wiley in Gallery & Studio magazine in New York City recently said " Peggy Zehring employs variations on these same simple shapes, variously combined and layered, to create a host of visually stunning and thought-provoking compositions with the power and presence of unique contemporary mandalas."