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When I bought my house in Normandy, France in 2007 I had a lot of dreams for the property. Requiring extensive work inside and out it's no wonder I'm still dreaming of finishing the place.
One of the dreams I had was to plant hollyhocks. I loved seeing them growing as I traveled in France, popping up through cracks in sidewalks, leaning against the beautiful stone houses, reaching heights that made me look up to the heavens.
In June 2010 I planted some in front of my stone house. There wasn't a description attached to the planters so I didn't know what colors the flowers would be. Each day I would observe their growth looking for blooms. Before too long they stood almost 7 feet tall and displayed coral red, white and pink flowers. What struck me in the process of observing was the strength of the stalks during wind and/or rain storms. Without the benefit of any protection, the plants held up amazingly. During this time, I created small oil painting sketches of the hollyhocks and a few larger format paintings that I've held onto for my collection.
Unfortunately, in consecutive years it was the rain that caused unsightly rust on the leaves so I've had to remove the plants. Not to be forgotten, each year upon my return to France, I do find new plants popping up indiscriminately on the property.
I began a series of larger format hollyhock paintings in 2013. Some of them took longer than others...up to 3 years to complete. This painting is the first one in the series. 

This Hollyhock painting can be purchased without the 23k water gilded gold 5-inch frame (see additional photo showing frame). Price reduced accordingly.  It is stretched on gallery wrap (staples in back) stretcher bars 1 3/4 inches deep. The sides could be painted to hang unframed per collectors request.
This is a long one......
When I bought my house in Normandy, France in 2007 I had a lot of dreams for the property. Requiring extensive work inside and out it's no wonder I'm still dreaming of finishing the place.
One of the dreams I had was to plant hollyhocks. I loved seeing them growing as I traveled in France, popping up through cracks in sidewalks, leaning against the beautiful stone houses, reaching heights that made me look up to the heavens.
In June 2010 I planted some in front of my stone house. There wasn't a description attached to the planters so I didn't know what colors the flowers would be. Each day I would observe their growth looking for blooms. Before too long they stood almost 7 feet tall and displayed coral red, white and pink flowers. What struck me in the process of observing was the strength of the stalks during wind and/or rain storms. Without the benefit of any protection, the plants held up amazingly. During this time, I created small oil painting sketches of the hollyhocks and a few larger format paintings that I've held onto for my collection.
Unfortunately, in consecutive years it was the rain that caused unsightly rust on the leaves so I've had to remove the plants. Not to be forgotten, each year upon my return to France, I do find new plants popping up indiscriminately on the property.
I began a series of larger format hollyhock paintings in 2013. Some of them took longer than others...up to 3 years to complete. This painting is the first one in the series. 

This Hollyhock painting can be purchased without the 23k water gilded gold 5-inch frame (see additional photo showing frame). Price reduced accordingly.  It is stretched on gallery wrap (staples in back) stretcher bars 1 3/4 inches deep. The sides could be painted to hang unframed per collectors request.

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“Hollyhocks” framed oil painting Painting

Peggy Casey-Mason

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Size: 30 W x 40 H x 2 D in

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This is a long one...... When I bought my house in Normandy, France in 2007 I had a lot of dreams for the property. Requiring extensive work inside and out it's no wonder I'm still dreaming of finishing the place. One of the dreams I had was to plant hollyhocks. I loved seeing them growing as I traveled in France, popping up through cracks in sidewalks, leaning against the beautiful stone houses, reaching heights that made me look up to the heavens. In June 2010 I planted some in front of my stone house. There wasn't a description attached to the planters so I didn't know what colors the flowers would be. Each day I would observe their growth looking for blooms. Before too long they stood almost 7 feet tall and displayed coral red, white and pink flowers. What struck me in the process of observing was the strength of the stalks during wind and/or rain storms. Without the benefit of any protection, the plants held up amazingly. During this time, I created small oil painting sketches of the hollyhocks and a few larger format paintings that I've held onto for my collection. Unfortunately, in consecutive years it was the rain that caused unsightly rust on the leaves so I've had to remove the plants. Not to be forgotten, each year upon my return to France, I do find new plants popping up indiscriminately on the property. I began a series of larger format hollyhock paintings in 2013. Some of them took longer than others...up to 3 years to complete. This painting is the first one in the series. This Hollyhock painting can be purchased without the 23k water gilded gold 5-inch frame (see additional photo showing frame). Price reduced accordingly. It is stretched on gallery wrap (staples in back) stretcher bars 1 3/4 inches deep. The sides could be painted to hang unframed per collectors request.

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September Announcement- Yeah, "Bovine Bliss" just won 1st place at the juried show "Party to the Cows Come Home" in Long Island! I am thrilled! Artist Statement: Creating art is an immersive journey for me, a dance between intention and spontaneity. In crafting my technique, what makes my work unique is the harmonious blend of chance and control, intuition and intention. Each piece, whether abstract or landscape, is a testament to a moment in time, capturing an essence that words often fail to convey. This is my world, my canvas, my sanctuary where the unpredictable nature of life can be transformed into something tangibly profound. -Peggy Artist message: Thank you for visiting my Saatchi Art page.. I hope you stay for awhile. Although I’ve painted for 40 plus years, I”m still hoping someday I’ll get it right but in the meantime I’m having fun experimenting and challenging myself with a variety of mediums and application tools while remaining true to myself. You see I’ve never been one to follow the crowd or be the same person left over from yesterday. I thrive on change. As Deepak Chopra said, “change is the fertile ground for pure creativity”…if I didn’t embrace change I’d be bored stiff. Hence, my diversified artwork portfolio. Enjoy! Read my blog at About the artist- Casey-Mason was exposed to the language of painterly skills by studying the works of Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, and Morisot, which she appreciated and learned from. Her early impressionistic works from 1995 to 2010 portrayed landscapes, farms, nature, buildings, marine paintings, rural scenes, and still lifes. In 2002, she attended her first workshop in Monet's gardens, which inspired her dream to live in France. After attending her second workshop in the south of France, she sold her home in the U.S. and left her corporate job to move to the French countryside. The landscape that had inspired her became her life, and she created light-filled flower and vegetable gardens. Her gardens became the main focus of her many new paintings. During these years, she discovered the works of Gerhard Richter, Joan Mitchell, and Jackson Pollock, whose use of colors, expressive brushstrokes, intuition, and individuality stirred her imagination. Casey-Mason adopted their approach, which has dominated her art making for the past ten years, celebrating her freedom, love of color, and wonder on her canvases through abstractions that are never far from the rhythms of nature and life experiences.

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