Peigna's material of choice is coffee recycled, roasted, ground, liquified for its extracts, the green bean is the sole and final element of this palette. Since his first encounter in 1980 in Colombia, coffee has been an epiphany for Peigna who has found in this "tool" the universal and spiritual values enshrined in the fruits of creation.As noble as earth itself, the dark, dense brown color shines with surprising luminosity and brillance.

Peigna's paintings are charged of energy, and they captivate for the vitality they convey. They embody multiformity, which is one the most distinguishing aspects of 20th century art. Peigna's work has been viewed internationally in gallery exhibitions.

It has also been the subject of television news programs : CNN Worlwide, Fox 5TV WNYW New York, and TV Asahi Tokyo, Japan.

Since 1993, the farm in San Vito Costa Rica is an art work in progress.

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"The Big Coffee", New York Mix, Feb.24,1992. Brodsky, Sasha "He paints with Coffee to Show Life's Inequities",The Villager, Jan.6,1993.
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" An Artist Paints with Coffee", World Coffee&Tea, Jan,1993
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"In Good Taste", Specially Coffee Association Of America Newsletter, April 1990
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Mc Cabe, Jane
Cover Picture of Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, Jan.1990.
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"Coffee Art", Infotrend, 1992.
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"Profile of the Artist", Yediot Aharonoth, Tel Aviv, Jan.1993
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Sebastien Carayol & Katie Callan
"Pays Basque Magazine" Art couleurs cafe 2002

1991 : A jazz album has been directly inspired by Peigna's Valve Series. In 1991 Billy Bang's Valve N¡10 album (Soul Note Label, 1991) was realeased. The cover shows Valve N¡10.

1981 : Mural Columba Club, Anglet FRANCE, (Sponsored by the columba Company).

1976 : Triptych, Army Transmissions Headquarters, Mulhouse, FRANCE. (Sponsored by the French Army)

Peigna's work is extensively collected by corporations as well as private collectors both in the US and abroad.

2004 : Retrospective, La Crypte BIARRITZ-FRANCE

1992/93 : Recent Coffee Paintings, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC

1991 : Retrospective, Studio 514 Broadway , NYC. (Curated by Sabine Maillet) 1990 : Portraits, In Faust Gallery, Hamburg, Germany. (Curated by Ralph Dost)

1990 : Memory, Colombian Federation of Coffee Growers, NYC. (Curated by Salim Hannah) 1989 : Late Twentieth Century Art, Salon des Artistes, NYC. (Curated by Hugo Garcia de Pagano)

1982 : Ene Izar Maitea, Images Gallery, NYC. (Curated by Robert S.Persky)

2004 & 2002 : Centro Cultural - Ordizia Pais Vasco

2002: Galerie Page - Biarritz

1991 : Winter Invitational, Saireido, NYC (Curated by Naomi Okada) Z Gallery, NYC Art Festival, Schuylerville, NY. (Curated by Sandy Strauss)

1990 : Curzon Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida

1989 : Sintercafe, Cariari Hotel, San Jose, Costa Rica. (Juried exhibition. judges: Ernesto Montealegre & Ana Rohmroser).

1985 : 22 Wooster Gallery ,NYC.

1984 : Afirmations of Life, Kenkeleba gallery, NYC.

1983 : Terminal New York, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Ted Castle, Rhonda Zwillinger, Carol Waag and Barbara Gary).

1981 : The Drawing Show, Museum of Pau, FRANCE.

1980 : Le Cleach Gallery, Biarritz, FRANCE.

1993 : Interview with Claudia Hamboch, Hamburg Radio Station, Germany

1991 : Interview with Aiko Yabuki, TV Asahi, Tokyo, Japan Interview, Headlines News, CNN Interview, Around the World, CNN Tribune Broadcasting Company and other National TV Stations Rebroadcast of CNN edited interview

1990 : Interview, Style News, Fox 5 WNTW

1989 : Interview with Barbara Ingber, Public Access Channel 17 NY The M Museum Presents : Peigna and the Coffee Paintings, Public Access Channel 16, NY.