Most of Peggy Judy’s paintings are born of a single photograph. Even though she might have taken 1,200 shots before that one and another 100 after, she knows exactly what she’s after and what shot will give her what she needs. “I’m always taking the photos quickly, but then something happens,” she says. “The right composition just naturally happens, and I’ll know as I’m taking it that that’s the one. It’s because the lighting is such that it breaks everything down into shapes, and that’s all I see—the shapes, the colors, and the lighting.” Back in the studio, that prized
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