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Mumbai, India - A
private event was held to support and award the Caribbean
landscape and botanical Artist Olivia Peguero for
her work in bringing attention to the “Art Books for Education”
program and the Peguero Arte
Libros Foundation. The foundation helps
promote the arts to young girls in rural schools through painting, reading and
creative writing.
The event was held after the last stop
of a five country world tour that included Dubai, Spain, Thailand, the US and
India.
This week Mrs. Peguero arrives
back in the Dominican Republic
to begin her next series of paintings that will showcase the preservation of
land around Los Haitises
National Park and Miches
in the Dominican Republic.
About Olivia Peguero
Olivia Peguero is a Dominican contemporary
landscape and botanical artist. Painting most of the year in the Dominican
Republic and Florida, she is known for producing all of her studies
and the majority of her finished pieces en plein air.
Unlike many other Dominican artist, her
works are created in oil using a more traditional European style, many times
depicting life as birth, existence and death within her flowers. Two common
themes present in Peguero art are the conservation of old growth Dominican
forests and pride in Dominican heritage.
In 2007, Mrs. Peguero enlisted the help of a
few important collectors and corporate sponsors to form the Peguero Arte Libros
Foundation and the Art Books for Education Program. Today, a large percentage
of the proceeds from the sale of her art are donated to the foundation.
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What a delight to see one of our premier Caribbean artists being recognized for their work.