Peg Morris was born in Essex in 1966.
Peg is a printmaker and painter inspired by trees, landscape and ruins. She predominantly works in etching but also making mezzotints, collagraphs, Tetrapak prints, drawings and watercolour and gouache paintings.
Peg is a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, an associate member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art and a member of the Printmakers’ Council. She has exhibited widely including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the New English Art Club and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour.
She lives and works in the Surrey Hills.
Come with me for a walk in the woods and I will introduce you to my favourite trees. Some of these veterans have quietly stood here for centuries. I walk between them, watch how they change through the seasons, draw them, talk to them and listen to them. I walk daily, often along the ancient tracks and holloways which traverse the landscape, revisiting the same locations in different conditions, forming deep personal connections with my surroundings through observation and quiet contemplation. I am fascinated by nature’s reclamation of places influenced by human activity. By producing closely observed images I hope to strengthen viewers’ appreciation of the often-overlooked beauty around us and the need to preserve and protect our precious landscape. Since my move to the Surrey Hills in 2021 there has been a shift in the focus of my work as the beauty and history of my surroundings works its influence on me. I have always loved dilapidation and I have found roofscapes, doors and windows a longstanding source of inpsiration. Oh the stories they could tell…
2022, 2024 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2025 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (Paperworks and Open Exhibition)
2023 Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries annually since 2023
2021, 2024, 2025, 2026 SGFA, Mall Galleries
2024, 2026 RBSA Print Prize, Birmingham (awarded second prize in 2024)
2025, 2026 Printfest, Ulverston
2023, 2024, 2026 Ironbridge Print Competition
2024 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries
2023 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries
2020, 2021, 2023 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Original Print Fair, Compton Verney
2012, 2023, 2024 Surrey Artist of the Year, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Printmakers Council exhibitions including Thinking for Printing, Bankside Gallery, London
2024 RBSA Print Prize GEC – Second prize
Pressing Matters Magazine Challenge winner featured in Issue 26