Stephanie Peters is a mixed media artist originally from the Washington DC - Baltimore region. She received her B.A in Studio Art and Art History at the University of Arizona.

Peters has found inspiration in the natural world since childhood. She has traveled to interesting places to have firsthand encounters like hiking with a herd of Desert Big Horn Sheep in Zion, UT, watching Greater Flamingos near the Camargue, France, or snorkeling with sharks in the Dominican Republic. These adventures regularly inspire new work she creates on location and in her studio.

Recently, her encounters with animals, especially urban wildlife, have inspired her to share the joy she experiences, in soft pastel and other 2D mediums. These pastel paintings are meant to encourage people to experience the natural world and enjoy the creatures that share our backyards and beyond. This same kind of philosophy comes out in her other activities such as stamp designs and digital illustrations.

In addition to her interest in animals, she also finds inspiration in the landscape and through natural processes such as volcanic eruptions. Her personal experience with natural cataclysms has been a recurring theme in her abstract work. Her original paintings on natural disasters were a response to the increasing severity of these events over the past ten years, and societies reaction to them. Her new work takes a closer look at the changing Earth, through natural catastrophes and their role in ecosystems.

Peters has taken part in juried exhibitions across the United States and has had solo exhibitions in Arizona, Utah, and New York. Her natural disaster collection has received international press and is currently used in primary school lesson plans for year 3-5 students overseas. She has been invited to speak on public panels about her work, and has participated in numerous public art opportunities including mural paintings and temporary art installations.