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| Campo Santa Margherita, Venice, gouache, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 1923. |
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| Misty Morning, Giverny, France, watercolor on paper. |
After graduating from Pratt in 1901, Peterson continued her education at the Art Students League of New York, then in Europe at the London School of Art, and in Paris, where she studied under a number of artists including Jacques-Émile Blanche and Charles Cottet. More influential to her artwork than any formal training, however, was the time she spent in Gertrude Stein's Paris salon, where she was exposed to the avant-garde work of the time.
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| Street Corner, gouache, pastel and charcoal on paper. |
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| Florida Everglades, oil on canvas board. |
Following her husband's death in 1929, Peterson continued to travel and to paint. She spent many 1930s and 1940s winters in Palm Beach, Florida, where her surroundings inspired studies of local flora and fauna as well as bright, sun-drenched landscapes.