Short Bio for Peggy DeBell

I transform the mundane into the marvelous. The Red Dawg Salloon in Wyoming becomes a story in embellished imagery. Kozy Shack pudding tops are sewn on canvas to make a
fashionable bag. Buds, flowers, leaves from a spring pear tree are placed on my scanner bed. All kinds of odd surfaces run through my ink jet printer. How about printing on a recycled bird seed bag, or on soil separator fabric, or on fine linen? What will happen? How can I design the materials and images into something totally unique and beautiful? I am always questioning and exploring and have done so for almost 30 years. My main material has always been, well...material! The tools have changed. I began by painting nappy paint rollers with fabric paint and rolling it across yards of recycled sheets. Currently, I use high tech tools such as a digital camera, scanner, wide format printer, a computer and image editing software! What an evolution and it still continues!