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RAI Instructors:

Peggy Dressel

Peggy Dressel

Peggy Dressel teaches Watercolor Techniques, Mixing Color, Composition, Landscape, Flowers
& Still Life
for adults, Tuesday daytime
10:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Ms. Dressel can be
contacted at
(201) 337-2143


Peggy Dressel studied at Pratt Institute, NYC, AOS, The National Academy of Design, NYC, and Moore College of Art, PA.

She has exhibited and received numerous awards for her paintings in juried exhibitions and galleries such as: the Lena Di Gangi Gallery, Nathan's Gallery, the Dupre Gallery, the Nabisco Gallery, the Interchurch Center in NYC, Catharine Lorrilard Wolfe Art Club, and the AAPL Grand National.  In 2004 she was invited to participate in a group exhibition at the Bergen Museum of Art and Science.  She is a member of the Degas Pastel Society, the AAPL, the Oregon Pastel Society, and a signature member of the Southeastern Pastel Society.

Companies such as Prentice-Hall, Macmillan/
McGraw-Hill, Macys and Vogue have published her illustrations.  She has illustrated four children's books
Hoops! by Connie Turner, The Marble Jar by Sharon L. Young, The Adventures of the Magic Attic Dolls by Maricia Wilkie and Emily' Bracelet, by Kandilyn Martin and Frank Martin.

Peggy's paintings are represented in over a hundred private and corporate collections.  Her biographical information is included in Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in America.  She has been featured in American Artist Magazine, April 2007.

Carriage House
By Peggy Dressel
Watercolor, 11 X 14"

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