Born in Marin County, Carol Peek believes that the beauty of the local landscape as well as her mother’s passion for art influenced her decision to become an artist. Her love of horses led her to draw them as well as ride the hills during her childhood, spending summers on horseback exploring the scenes she now paints.
Peek has studied art at UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where she graduated with honors in 1987. She is currently enrolled in the MFA program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California where she has also taught classes in the undergraduate school. Peek has also studied at Grand Central Academy in New York City, the Fechin Institute in Taos, NM, and The Vermont Studio Center.
Upon graduation from Art Center, Carol Peek went to work for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, MO for a short period of time. Anxious to get back to California and paint full-time on her own work, she returned in 1989 documenting in paint, the quickly disappearing agricultural landscape in Marin and Sonoma counties, focusing on the family farms that once covered the area. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums from San Francisco to New York City for the past 25 years. Her calendars in the 1990’s of horses and of cows gave her international exposure early in her career.
Peek’s work has won numerous awards and has been featured in publications such as: Antiques Magazine, Art of the West, American Artist, Southwest Art, Western Horseman, Equine Images, The Artist’s Magazine and US Art. Several books on art, horses, and poetry also feature her paintings.
Carol’s website is: http://carolpeek.com/
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Afternoon Blues
Oil on linen panel, 6 1/4″ x 10″. Painting only: $1,900.
Framed in a No. 26 CV—1 1/2″ with 18kt gilt sight edge. Fumed quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $2,200.
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Awakening, Sonoma County
Oil on canvas panel, 6 1/4″ x 10″. Painting only: $1,900.
Framed in a No. 26 CV—1 1/2″ with 18kt gilt sight edge. Fumed quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $2,200.
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Winter Morning Meditation
2023. Oil on linen panel, 6 1/4″ x 10″. Painting only: $1,900.
Framed in a No. 26 CV—1 1/2″ with 18kt gilt sight edge. Quartersawn white oak with Dark Weathered stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $2,200.
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Expanse, New Mexico
Oil on muslin on board, 8″ x 8″. Painting only: $1,600.
Framed in a No. 1—1 1/2″ in quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $1,800.
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The Warmth of the Sky, New Mexico
Oil on muslin on board, 8″ x 8″. Painting only: $1,600.
Framed in a No. 1—1 1/2″ in quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $1,800.
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Calm Evening, New Mexico
Oil on muslin on board, 8″ x 8″. Painting only: $1,600.
Framed in a No. 1—1 1/2″ in quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $1,800.
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Daylight Embers, New Mexico
Oil on muslin on board, 8″ x 8″. Painting only: $1,600.
Framed in a No. 1—1 1/2″ in quartersawn white oak with Weathered stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $1,800.
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Summer Memory; Mt. Tamalpais
2022. Oil on linen panel, 8″ x 8″. Painting only: $1,800.
Framed in a No. 1.4 CV—2 1/4″ in walnut with Medieval stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $2,100.
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