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Penelope is a landscape artist but it is the presence of some our most endangered species and of the other graceful creatures set in these wilderness scenes that have captivated her many collectors.

Internationally collected for her miniatures, surreal and wildlife paintings, her theme has generally been "paradise". Known for her attention to detail, she is currently working on larger and much freer oil paintings, the subjects being wilderness deserts, lakes, rivers, forests and wide rugged views, (places that obsess and haunt her).

Penelope who is working constantly in her remote studio, says 'wild' is not the word she would want to describe either the 'life' or the places she paints, for each scene is entirely calm or serene. Her illuminative works are executed in oil paint on canvas & board with minimum paint, using stippling & glazing techniques achieving a unique luminosity & depth. There is often more than a hint of the surreal. The charcoal studies are more than drawings, as she 'paints' the medium & uses dabbers and putty rubber to reduce tone, plus repeated layers of charcoal.

She was born in 1942 in Buckinghamshire, England, studied Zoology & Botany before the Fine Art Course at Portsmouth College of Art where she specialized in drawing & sculpture. She continued her art studies in Rome & Florence.

Penelope has lived in the Mediterranean for most of her life. She found Ibiza when it was wild & primitive. Here was the place to settle with her young children with her ambitions to be away from the 20th century.

She achieved some reputation as a miniaturist with exhibitions throughout Spain & London. Started painting full size and full time in 1982, with her first solo show in 1983 in Ibiza. Eight years later, 1990 she had her first show at the Portal Gallery, Bond Street, London W1. Her work has been much collected especially through Christie's Wildlife Art Sales, South Kensington, London & she has participated in various exhibitions in London, Barcelona, Chicago, Salamanca, Ibiza and the Cotswolds