Painter Peg Usner Profile (2017)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, 30.3763614, -90.1162989
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2017-09-15
Duration: 00:06:30
Subjects: Usner, Peg | Arts | ARTISTS | Painters | Nature
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Usner, Peg Interviewee
Description
This segment from the September 15, 2017, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features producer Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of painter Peg Usner of Mandeville, Louisiana. She discusses: her early interest in art; her return to oil painting after she retired; her focus on plein air painting; being inspired by nature; her love of painting in New Orleans; her role as the artist-in-residence at the Longue Vue House and Gardens; the colors of nature; her paintings of the Northshore; and her Us Chicks series. Host: James Fox-Smith