Craig Penny, Artist. An Introduction
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Born in Mildura, Craig has shown an interest in art and drawing from a very young age and has created a successful career as a professional artist.
In 1970, the family moved to the Western District of Victoria and Craig's love of art and artistic interests extended into ceramics and sculpture. Craig has constructed several wood fired kilns for this purpose. You could say "it fired his imagination". Studying art at Ballarat University, painting and graphic design claimed most of his attention allowing him to pursued a successful career in illustrator as a member of the Illustrators Association of Australia for many years. Craig has skills in a range of mediums including computer graphics. He taught both traditional drawing, illustration and digital drawing at both Victoria University and Swinburne University. Craig never lost his love of using traditional methods and now specializes in watercolour, acrylic painting and illustration. In 2001, Craig had his first major solo exhibition in Mt Eliza, Victoria. There have been many exhibitions and awards since. Craig's work has been accepted by Galleries around Australia, Singapore, SE Asia and California, USA as well a many private collections and is in strong demand today. |
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Color In Your Life
is an Australian owned and produced Fine Art TV program for Artists & Art Lovers. View Craig's interview click here > 24 minutes Craig talks about his art and demonstrates a contemporary acrylic painting for Graeme Stevenson, Color In Your Life Host. |
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About my Art
Living as an Artist "I like to think that to paint a successful painting is not so much to have tamed the beast, rather to have been taken along for the ride and still be there at the end of the experience. For me painting is like life … giving yourself enough skill, knowledge and integrity and then letting yourself free to take what is thrown your way. You don't need to tame and control it for magic to happen.. you just need to be there at the end." Craig Penny |