Spending time outside is important to me. My work is about the little things that make up that landscape of freedom, the places where you feel the full force of wind and weather and find some perspective on life. Using elements of the landscape itself to interpret the landscape around me, trying to convey a feeling of atmosphere rather than detail is integral to my work. These sketches are sometimes developed into the first layers of paintings outside, then further developed in the studio. I build up layers of paint and cold wax, working from memories and sketches, never photographs which remove the immediacy of the feel of the place.
Based in the Yorkshire Dales, Penny’s studio overlooks wide open landscape with mountain peaks. Her Fine Art degree, MA and many years teaching helped develop her paintings and printmaking, each material feeds back into the other, the layering, overprinting and intaglio techniques are present in all. Sketches made in the landscape are made using Wallace Seymour ancient drawing materials; stones and mud on specially prepared papers. Wallace Seymour make artist paints and are based in the same village; their handmade paints are ground from local rocks and used in Penny's paintings.
Dark Reflections
Oil on board framed; 63x63cm
£800
Summer Evening, Ribblesdale
Oil on board framed; 63x63cm
£800
Verges
Oil on board unframed; 30x30cm
£ 360
Verges 3
Oil on board unframed; 30x30cm
£ 360
Verges 4
Oil & cold wax on board unframed; 30x30cm SOLD
Verges 2
Oil on board framed; 54x54cm
£650
Verges 5
Oil on board framed; 54x54cm
£650
Cry of the Curlew
oil and cold wax on paper, 33x33cm; glazed
£290
Cool Winds
oil and cold wax on paper, 33x33cm; glazed
£290
A Sprint in my Step
oil and cold wax on paper, 33x33cm; glazed
£290
Following the Path
oil and cold wax on paper, 69x54cm; glazed
£750
Descending Mists
oil and cold wax on paper, 69x54cm; glazed
£750
Late Evening Light
Oil & cold wax on board unframed; 30x30cm
£360
Grey Skies and Heather
Oil and cold wax on paper, 33x33cm; glazed
£290
Stormy Day
Oil and cold wax on paper, 33x33cm; glazed
£290
Passing Storm
Oil on canvas framed; 106x106cm
£1990
Darkening Skies (oil on board, unframed)
40x40cm; £460
Ribblehead Sunset (oil on board unframed)
40 x 40 cm; £460
Where the Wind Blows
Oil and cold wax on paper, 52x43cm; glazed
£550
Tracks Across the Moors
Oil and cold wax on paper, 52x43cm; glazed
£550
Late Summer Breeze
Oil and cold wax on paper, 39x32cm; glazed
£370
Patch a Sailors Trousers
Oil and cold wax on paper, 39x32cm; glazed
£370
Hillside Gorse
Oil and cold wax on paper, 39x32cm; glazed
£370
Distant Shower
Oil and cold wax on paper, 52x43cm; glazed
£550
Moorland Glow
Oil and cold wax on paper, 52x43cm; glazed
£550