Peggy Jelmini’s passion for painting was recognized early in life, when she was rewarded with a scholarship to a regional art center as an elementary school student. Early in her career she received critical acclaim for her watercolors of California’s Central Valley. Her search for expanded venues took her to the East Coast where she studied at the National Gallery of Art and was associated with the Potomac Valley and Virginia Watercolor Societies. Her numerous one-woman shows and gallery exhibits throughout the United States. Peggy has been a member of the Carmel Art Association since 1998. Her watercolor and oil renderings are represented in hundreds of individual and corporate collections across the country.