Peggy Hughes "Once In A Blue Moon" I went to Mali to

I went to Mali to help a village there in 2007 - we heard the word "chiwara" all the time as people were at the end of the harvest and the people brought all the masks to the week long events in the village

acrylic and quartz on birch panel

My dad used to say they got paid in seed for the value of eating the insects that harmed the crops

seemingly oblivious to our curiosity

Peggy Hughes "Once In A Blue Moon" I went to Mali to12x12 Acrylic and collage on canvas Peg is an Ottawa based artist who takes many of her ideas and themes from the world she encounters: found shapes, shadows, lines. She interprets them in a non representational and abstract manner, often scratching and scraping through layers of paint to sculpt her images. She has been very involved with Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA) and her work has been featured in several galleries and events in the Ottawa