Peggy Griggs will be known and remembered by many as one of the great painter/artist geniuses of the 20th century. Her paintings were shown at a number of museums and galleries, including New York’s Hudson River Museum.
Amid her career, she made a significant shift by closing her art studio to wholeheartedly dedicate herself to the anti-Vietnam war efforts during that era.
In the 1980s, Griggs displayed her philanthropic spirit by donating land and buildings to establish the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. This 200-acre ceramic art residence community in Newcastle/Edgecomb, Maine, continues to serve as an affordable haven for serious ceramic artists to pursue their artistic passion. Additionally, she contributed a remarkable 55-acre parcel along the Sheepscot River to the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association, known as the "Griggs Preserve," which stands as the Association's oldest public preserve.
In the early '70s, Griggs also played a pivotal role in initiating the well-recognized Damariscotta River Association. Today, this association owns 31 properties spanning over 700 acres and holds 40 conservation easements covering an additional 1350 acres along the Damariscotta River in southern Maine.
Her diversity of themes, inspired by sunlight and fire, earth and stone, waters and seascape, sky and wind, give rise to emotions within us worthy of reflection and appreciation of being one with nature.
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