Visual Art – Seattle
If you know Penny, you know she loves to laugh. She is one who spreads love and kindness through many of her selfless acts of volunteering, donating of her resources, and her many talents. Like some of us, she also has had struggles in her life from a damaging home as a child, having dyslexia and 75% of her hearing loss in one of her ears. Art is how she overcame these struggles and embraced it to help self-heal and retrain her mind to transform her life into what she is today. She never takes things for granted and through these trials and tribulations has taught her to be more authentic and simplistic with her outlook.
Penny has lived in the Pacific Northwest Region of the US for most of her adult life and enjoys the richness of the beauty of the area. She has two sons and three grandchildren. She currently resides in Tacoma, Washington and works out of her studio in her home. Most of the underlying themes in her work is a cross between Bob Ross and Donna Dewberry, which has influenced and inspired her to return to her first love… creating art in many forms.
Penny has been an artist in one form or another since she was a child. She has always had a realistic and yet creative view of the world around her. She is a self-taught artist and loves learning new creative processes and freely embraces new ideas and creative concepts when it comes to her artistic endeavors and life.
She loves to be creatively challenged to keep her mind open and fresh ideas percolating to use and solve problems creatively. This is very exciting when she can apply what she has learned over the years in a new discipline or creative medium. She also uses her artistic talent with her photography to create lasting memories of fleeting moments in hers and others lives.
Penny is best known for her “Flowers in Bloom” glass series. She makes them with up-cycled and new glass, acrylic enamel paint and she procures the glass, porcelain and ceramic through local businesses. This supports her community and keeps many of these items out of landfills and repurposes them for beautiful art pieces when hand painted.
In 2015 she started branching out in her painting endeavors by painting with acrylic paint on canvas. In 2017 she furthered her art education and artistic growth by purchasing and learning to create her art in digital format on an iPad Pro using an Apple Pencil. I hope that you enjoy the works of Penny as many others do.