Welcome to the experience that is Peggy Burke
BIO
Born in 1935 in Chatham County, North Carolina to Elsie Mae and Johnnie Burke, Peggy
began life in a simple Christian farm community. She helped on the farm while attending
school and the Hanks Chapel United Church of Christ every Sunday.
Peggy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics at UNCG, in 1957. After
working for the NC Agricultural Extension Services Department for ten years as a field agent,
Peggy decided to change directions and embrace her longing to express herself in art by
going to Chicago and acquiring a Certificate of Fine Art in 1969, in painting and sculpture.
She furthered her art training by taking graduate studies at East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC, in 1971, and finished that degree in 1972 at UNCG, in Greensboro, NC.
Peggy has exhibited and sold sculpture, painting, drawings and ceramics in group shows,
private shows, as well as having works in private, permanent and corporate collections (see
link at top left: Body of Work ).
If you will survey the titles of her sculpture, you will find names like “The Spirit of Life”,
“Ethereal”, “Pax Vabiscum” (Latin for “Peace be with you”) “Emerging” and “Ascension”. As
one gazes upon Peggy’s work, the intended serenity and peacefulness is there.
In Peggy’s words:
“I have asked for many years that my sculpture would serve as a healer for the earth. I
like my work to be seen by people who appreciate the healing and loving energy in
art. I would love for my work to be in any location where it can serve the earth and all
Beings. Balance and harmony are needed all over the world.”
In April 2006, Peggy moved to an assisted living apartment in North Greensboro, NC, where
she continued to paint and work on her sculpture ideas until 2008. In November 2006, she
approved four of her maquettes (a preliminary 3-dimensional model of an intended sculpture)
for fabrication. These newest sculptures are featured under "Meditative Series".
| Studio photograph of the six ton white oak log before it was carved into the sculpture "The Four Seasons" in 1981 |
| Completed and installed 13 1/2 foot sculpture "The Four Seasons" at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro NC. |
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| Smithsonian American Art Museum has listed Eighteen of Peggy Burke's sculptures. Please click here to view them: |
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| 1997 with one of her meditation chambers at her Retrospective Show at GAL. |
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Peggy Burke, 2005
| Peggy High School Graduation 1952 |
| Meditation Sketch by Susun Miller 28 June 1999 |
Lunch with friends Circa 2006
Peggy's 72nd Birthday Party! 2007
| Peggy with one of paintings at her home at Woodland Place Greensboro NC 2011 |
| Decorated with JOY Christmas 2010 |
| Friends help bring in Peggy's 75th year! 2010 |
| Another Birthday? 2009 Peggy with Susun's daughter Myah |
Birthday 2006
| Peggy with Susun Coleman Miller June 2007 I was 18 years old and a freshman at East Carolina University when I met Peggy in 1970. She became my mentor and friend. Peggy was working on her MFA in sculpture after a ten year job as an extention agent with NC. We both moved to Greensboro in 1974 sharing studios, a sweet Labrador named Ella, potter's wheels, kilns, marketing and Life. |
| Aura Portrait by Susun Miller Oct 1997 |
