Peggy Black is a full-time improvisational textile artist. The rhythm and repetition of piecing fabric, cutting those pieces to create new configurations and rejoining them - without ruler or measurement - create vibrant, abstract structures. Bold color and value choices further propel the musicality of these compositions. The works are densely quilted, resulting in dynamic fabric paintings.  Peggy lives in rural Jenner Township, Pennsylvania. Although she is a retired accountant, a sewing machine has been central to her life since the age of eight. As a 4-H leader, she has taught basic sewing and tailoring for over 30 years. In the mid 1990’s she discovered a quilter named Nancy Crow and began following her work. It was not until 2011 that Peggy ventured to the Crow barn Art retreat Center to begin her studies into quilt making as art. She has studied with Nancy for the past nine years. Among other teachers who have facilitated Peggy's artist journey are Lisa Call, Claire Benn and David Hornung. In 2017 Peggy was honored to receive Best of Show Quilt National 2017 at The Dairy Barn Art Center in Athens Ohio. Recently, she received Best of Show at Biennial 2020, a regional multimedia show. She has also received Awards of Excellence and Honorable Mentions at national and regional juried shows, including Quilt Art Elements at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne Pennsylvania, Form Not Function in New Albany, Indiana and Quilts=Art=Quilts in Auburn New York. She has pieces in several private collections. Peggy is active on the gallery committee at Laurel Arts in Somerset Pennsylvania, and has participated in their Super Bowl Event and permanent collection documentation.