The Athol Public Library presents Watercolors by Donna Peck

Opening Reception Wednesday, October 9 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

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Join the Athol Public Library on Wednesday, October 9th at 5:00, as we welcome local artist Donna Peck!

Donna Peck lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Tom. She enjoys traveling, photography, painting in watercolors and acrylics and drawing in colored pencil.

Her 7 grandchildren are great models for her.

In 1969, she returned from Viet Nam where she was an Army nurse during the war. Later, as she went to college on the GI Bill, she fell in love with art and painting and took every available course on the subject. She found great healing and comfort from art and has been doing it ever since. Blessed to study under well-known artists Jan Kunz, Carlton Plummer, Joseph Fettingis and Phyllis Bergeron Bagley, she has become an accomplished watercolorist.

Donna was invited to be part of an international art painting week in France and is a juried member of the North Shore Art Association and the Nantucket Art Association. Locally, she has won numerous awards and ribbons through the shows of the Leominster Art association and is a member of the Circle of Artists in Westminster, MA.

“Art slows me down. I have to study a face, flower, or landscape in order to render it. Before you know it, I am a child again looking at my surroundings in a fresh way and lost in the creative process . . . relishing the way light transforms a leaf or loaf of bread. Brush in hand, I am on vacation right at my kitchen table. I don’t just want to paint, I have to . . . it is like breathing and a gift from God. He gets all the glory.”

The exhibit, in the library conference room, will be on view from October 1 through October 31. A reception will be held on Wednesday, October 9, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. All are welcome.

Free and Open to the Public

For information, please contact the Athol Public Library at 978-249-9515.

The Athol Public Library Art Committee is actively seeking artists to display their work. Details and application forms may be found on their website: /p/82/Athol-Public-Library-Art-Exhibition