Class photograph 1918-19.

There were six children in the family. Gaius served overseas in World War One, and was finally invalided after being hit by shrapnel in the head. He returned to BC where he was noted as a Civil Engineer.

Peck is listed as a member of Class VI at the Provincial Normal School, in the annual for the school year 1918 - 1919, page 25. The annual notes her address as New Westminster, and includes a small poem about her:
     Miriam is Miss Coney's choice;
     Modesty has charmed her voice.

Peck studied art at the Vancouver Art School (referenced in the art school's 1927-28 Paintbox and the Prospectus for the 1928 - 1929 school year), and received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Washington, majoring in art. She taught art in the Vancouver Public schools and later at the University of Manitoba, before moving to Washington State.

She exhibited in the B.C. Artists annual exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1940 to 1946, and in the 1944 British Columbia At Work exhibition.

She joined the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in 1944, and exhibited in the society's annual exhibitions from 1942 to 1953.

As of June 2021 BC Vital Statistics had only the birth information listed for Peck. She apparently died in Bellingham, Washington State, in 1978.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

DATE	EXHIBITION	LOCATION
1944 August 29 - Sept. 17	Watercolours	VAG
1948 Mar 30 - Apr 18	Textile designs (19)	VAG

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

DATE	EXHIBITION	ARTWORK
1924 December	Sketch Club    Semi-Annual Exhibition	Wood Nymphs
1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13	VAG   B.C. Artists 9th Annual	On the North Shore
		March
1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19	VAG   B.C. Artists 10th Annual	Fifty Below
		Indian Village
1942 May 15 - 31	BCSFA   32nd Annual	Wash Day in March
		Slums in Seattle
1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18	VAG   B.C. Artists 11th Annual	Cinder Cone
1943 May 15 - June 6	BCSFA   33rd Annual	Glacial Rhythm
		Along the Water Front, Port Alberni
1943 July 2 - Aug. 25	VAG   B.C. Artists 2nd Annual Summer	Glacial Rhythm
1944 May 13 - June 4	BCSFA   34th Annual	Deserted Goldberg
		Shack Town
1944 July 4 - Aug. 30	VAG   B.C. Artists 3rd Annual Summer	Deserted Goldberg
1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22	VAG   B.C. Artists 13th Annual	Glacier Remnants
1944 Nov. 21 - Dec. 10	Labour Arts Guild   1st B.C. At Work	Pioneer Gold Mine
		Northern Spruce Mill
1945 May 18 - June 10	BCSFA   35th Annual	Tide Rips at Princess Louisa Inlet
		Deep Valley, Bralorne
1945 July 3 - Aug. 26	VAG   B.C. Artists 4th Annual Summer	Tid Rip at Princess Louisa Inlet
		Glacier Remnants
1946 May 31 - June 23	BCSFA   36th Annual	Booming Grounds
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13	VAG   B.C. Artists 15th Annual	Over the Hill
1946 Oct. ? - ?	FCA    40 Selections from 15th BCA	Over the Hill
1947 May 9 - June 1	BCSFA   37th Annual	From Goldrush Days
		Magnolia
1949 May 3 - 22	BCSFA   39th Annual	Summer Resort
1950 April 25 - May 14	BCSA   40th Annual	Cinder Cone
		Market Square, Old Quebec

References

BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      1 reference cited for Peck - Macdonald above

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE birth (refer to BCVS)

VICTORIA CROSSES ON THE WESTERN FRONT
      Written by Paul Oldfield, published 2021.

Clippings

" ... together with oil and watercolour paintings by ... Miriam L. Peck ... all contribute much to this extraordinary show."
      From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts Display Sets New High Mark" by Palette
      Vancouver Province, May 16 1942

"Current exhibitions at the Gallery include ... the Miriam Peck remarkable show of woven textile designs attracting much attention among the fair sex ... "
      From "Vancouver Sculptor's Work On Display Soon" by Palette
      Vancouver Province, April 8 1948

" ... Miriam Peck's "Market Square, Old Quebec" is broadly painted in clear bright color."
      From "Watercolors Highlight of Art Showing" by Mildred Valley Thornton
      Vancouver Sun, May 3 1950