Peacock & Fig In the Press
Press Coverage
Dana Batho, founder and designer of Peacock & Fig, is a wounded veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and has designed and exhibited globally for decades. Peacock & Fig started in November 2014 and is now based in beautiful Victoria, BC, Canada.
Today Peacock & Fig offers original oil paintings and art prints that help fund marine conservation projects, as well as unique and elegant cross stitch designs and easy-to-follow video tutorials, as well as full stitching classes. Dana has also been recognized for her surface pattern designs and illustration. More information about Dana can be seen on her about page.
Dana’s art has been exhibited in three countries (including at the prestigious New Zealand Portrait Gallery), and her designs have been featured in places such as DMC, Cross Stitch Crazy, Just CrossStitch, XStitch Magazine, Sew & So, Sketch Design Repeat, Design Cuts, and Uppercase Magazine. She has also been featured on Hello Giggles and BuzzFeed, and in the podcasts She Percolates, Fiber Talk, the Unicorn Exchange, and The Creativity Cafe. She is a proud Associate Member of Artists for Conservation, the world’s leading artist group supporting the environment, and is a member of the Salish Sea Association of Marine Naturalists.
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Recent Exhibitions
2025 Little Gems Show
Bay Centre, Victoria BC
Dec 6, 2025 – Dec 21, 2025
Orca Spirit Exhibition
Orca Spirit Adventures, Victoria BC
Nov 28, 2025 – ongoing
2025 Winter Small Works Show
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC
Nov 20 2025 – Jan 26, 2026
2025 Summer Small Works Show
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC
June 26 2025 – Sept 7, 2025
Federation of Canadian Artists
2024 Ten Squared Exhibition
Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
December 3-22, 2023
2024 Winter Small Works Show
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC
November 14 2024 – January 25, 2025
Veterans Artist Collective
Unconquered Exhibition
The Gallery George, Vancouver BC
November 5-12, 2024
Federation of Canadian Artists
2023 Ten Squared Exhibition
Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
December 12-23, 2023
1995-2016
Japan
- Foreign Artists Exhibition – Nagoya International Centre – Nagoya, Japan. 2005, 2006.
Canada
- Fourth Annual Artists with Disabilities Showcase – Art Gallery of Greater Victoria – Victoria, BC. 2-3 Dec 2016
- Third Annual Artists with Disabilities Showcase – Art Gallery of Greater Victoria – Victoria, BC. 3 Dec 2015
- City Hall – Banff, Alberta. 2003.
- Just Art – Port McNeill, BC. 2001.
New Zealand
- New Zealand Portrait Gallery – Wellington, New Zealand. 2000.
- Pataka Gallery – Porirua, New Zealand. 1995, 1999.
XStitch Magazine
Sept Issue 17 “Adventure”
XStitch Magazine
Dec 2020 Issue 14 “MixTape Vol. 3”
XStitch Magazine
Dec 2019 Issue 10 “MixTape Vol 2”
XStitch Magazine
Oct 2018 Issue 5 “Heroes and Villains”
Cross Stitch Crazy
Nov 2017 Issue 234
Cross Stitch Crazy
With Love notecards & gift tags
Sept 2017 Issue 232
Uppercase Magazine
Adventure for Introverts featured in “Craft inspired by type & design” article
Oct 2022, Issue 55
British Craft Awards
First Runner Up – Stitching Blog of the Year
February 2019
Cross Stitch Crazy
Meet the Designer
February 2018, Issue 238
Hello Giggles
Emma Roberts’s needlepoint “bad girls” purse is the edgy grandma accessory you need
11 July 2017
Handmade Hunt
16 June 2017
Victoria News
Cross-stitching a peaceful activity for injured military officer
26 October 2016
Kendra Wong
Sirens Finds
“Artist Feature | Dana Batho and the Importance of Creativity”
23 Feb 2016
Serena Johnson
Suzy Swede Tees
