Jeannie Griffin-Peterka, originally from Dallas, Texas, pursued her Fine Arts undergraduate degree at Southern Methodist University and studied under various private teachers, including a mentor who helped her embrace abstract painting. “I had always wanted to be an abstract painter. I am much more interested in color and the effects I can achieve with paint on canvas or paper than in subject matter. With her guidance I was finally able to give up the subject altogether.”
Active in the Texas fine arts community, Jeannie moved to Portsmouth from New York City in 1994. Since then, her work has been featured in juried and invitational exhibitions locally and nationally, including shows at Mingo Gallery in Beverly, MA, 100 Market Street Gallery in Portsmouth, Ogunquit Collaborative Art Gallery in Ogunquit, ME, the Atrium Gallery at North Texas Health Science Center, and the Gateway Museum in Farmington, NM. Her artwork is part of numerous corporate and private collections across the country.
