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Peggy Wolfe Carter
cil paint because it is easiest to control, but her formal education in art does not control her choices.
?I have used everything, things out of my kitchen, things out of my garage, anything to help me do what I want to do,? she said.
Carter plans to take a break after her current show at the Biloxi Library closes Friday. She wants to prepare to do shows at home. She stopped competing many years ago and is already selling most of her work from her house rather than public exhibits.
It was about a decade ago that Carter chose to give up other work and become a full-
time artist. She sees art as vital . to society because ?Man drew^ something before he ever wrote** words or composed music.?
?Art is a form of problem- . solving and that?s necessary to ? survival. An artist is just one' ' breath ahead of society, a hair?s breadth ahead of the rest in sol- ? ving problems and being crea-tive. Artists are also educators
and that makes them really necessary to survival,? she said.
Starting her next project -should not be difficult for Car- j ter, who usually has several in i progress at once and has plenty i of ideas for the future. ;*
?I don?t have enough lives to j do everything I?ve thought to } do,? she said.	j	J