Kerstin Peters
Kerstin Peters was born in Rüsselsheim (Germany).
Her interest in arts was evident from the beginning, but it was not until her mid-twenties that she studied at the Merian-Kunstschule in Rüsselheim under the well-known German painter Inge Besgen.
Moving up the career ladder her love for painting was temporarily put in the back seat and she started correspondence studies in business and export.
Only after moving to Ottawa, Canada with her husband, did she get back into painting. Kerstin took courses at the Ottawa School of Art and continued with classes at the Visual Arts Centre Orléans and the National Gallery of Canada.
Her favourite medium is acrylics, but she has also worked in oils, and watercolours. Her life drawings are mainly in charcoal and pencil. She is part of a group of artists painting together “en plein air”.
She has been a member of ARTEAST for years and has regularly participated in ARTEAST exhibitions. At the 2006 Budding Artist Exhibition she won an award for her painting "Jessie - Forever in my Heart".
She is also a member of the Ottawa Art Association where she has taken over the position of website coordinator. In the 2009 Fall Award Show she won 1st prize in the “other media” category for her painting “His Majesty Ringo I”.