OOH LA LA CREATIONS

Douglas was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1946. He became interested in art very early in life.

 By the age of fifteen, he apprenticed at an advertising agency / art studio in his home town.

 During that time he also attended the Edinburgh College

Of Art where he studied life drawing and draped life extensively.

Douglas' travels throughout North America and Europe after his education

 have had a strong influence on the subject matter and medium now used in his paintings.

He enjoys painting and feels comfortable in all mediums.

His subjects include; landscape, nostalgia, still life, children and everyday activities.

 Douglas emigrated to Canada in 1965 and currently resides in Ontario

Acclaimed as one of the finest Santa artists in the gift industry 

Peggy’s humble beginnings and love for art started in a one-room schoolhouse.

There she discovered her passion for the world of art and creativity.

 It started one typical day when a nurse visiting the school noticed the special detail and personality in Peggy’s drawings

. She thought the young girl was very talented and first suggested that Peggy could have a future as an artist.

 Soon the nurse visited with Peggy’s parents and convinced them to send Peggy to the neighboring high school,

since it was the only school that offered art classes in the area.

The art teacher at the high school became a very close friend and

mentor to Peggy during those formidable years, showing her special attention.

 “She made me a logo by spelling my name backwards, and we began putting it on all my artwork”, Peggy said.

Years later Peggy chose to put her artwork aside when she got married and became the loving mother of three children.

 Then one day, her husband came home with some brushes and oil paint and told Peggy that she needed to get back to her painting.

 She listened, picked up a brush and that wonderful feeling of her first love, art,

 overwhelmed her and her passion was in full swing once again. Life, though, has a way of surprising you.

In 1981, Peggy’s husband had an accident that would cause him paralysis in half his body and require him to relearn speech.

 Peggy all but abandoned her painting to care for and support her family during the following challenging years.

 Fortunately, three years later, Peggy was asked by a friend to paint a sailboat.

That single project inspired and shocked her with the outcome.

“It was beautiful!” she exclaimed. “I took the painting to a local gallery to have it framed and they asked to show my paintings.”

 Peggy has been painting ever since.

Over the next few years, Peggy found that Santas became her favorite images to paint.

 To this day, every day you can find Peggy in her studio, once again…painting