Peter A Brenner is a self-taught jewelry artist working in 14k gold and sterling silver. He has been creating and displaying his work at premier art and craft festivals through out the United States since 1973. Born in Klagenfurt, Austria in 1949, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1955 at the age of 7. Having settled in Chicago, he attended John James Audubon Grammer School and Lane Tech High School, where he graduated in 1968. After high school he attended UICC in Chicago, where he majored in philosophy.

     Being an avid rock musician, and wanting to make music his career, he inadvertently fell into his present career. "I needed to make a few bucks to make ends meet while my music took off," he explains.  The music didn't take off, but exhibiting his hand crafted jewelry creations at local craft fairs did. Peter still plays slide gutiar with his band "The Hot Brothers" which consists of his high school pals, singer song writer, Robert Gorny, and fellow guitarist, Robert Gurka.

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