Peggy Burkosky

Peggy Burkosky works from her home studio located on Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada where family, friends, and Westcoast beauty inspire her. The subjects that move Peggy to paint are closely connected to her own life experiences, fishing with both her father and her husband.

Thirty years ago, as newlyweds in their twenties Peggy and Bob began the great and rare adventure of fishing a small boat on the rugged and starkly beautiful BC coast. They have had the privilege of being sustained by the mystery of returning salmon, an experience made richer by the bighearted and generous coastal people they work with.

In this time of changing fish management regimes they both have a passion for preserving and sharing a way of life that set ordinary people against stirring challenges. Alongside the diverse people of all races in the industry they still depend on the fish that have carried them and their children.


Peggy was born in 1955 in Vancouver British Columbia and is currently residing in Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Website: www.peggyburkosky.com