31st july, 2012
Penny Evans
I had the great pleasure of meeting and befriending Penny Evans, when I amongst many others volunteered to assist on a local Indigenous art exhibition called 'Art of the Bundjalung' Of course I could not resist buying one of her pieces and have subsequently purchased more over the years.
Ceramics is one of many mediums Penny uses to create her signature style art. Her colour sensibility has a retro inspired feel, and layered in meaning. There is so much passion and fire within Penny's work and reflects her strong political views not only on current issues, but also pays homage to her own ancestors.
There are so many more images and a detailed profile on Penny Evans over at her website, it would be well worth a visit to her website listed below, and definitely recommend collecting Penny's gorgeous work!
Each time we visit one another's homes, we not only go into visual overload - looking through what the other is currently working on, but we are fortunate enough that her boys and my girls play beautifully together.
As Penny looks forward to her next toy from me, I too am planning which bowl is next on the list!
Currently, the school my children attend have the privilege of being involved with an Artists in School Project - which co-incidently Penny along side Luke are 'Exploring our Local Indigenous Culture'. With Penny and Luke's guidance the children have made things such as:- bush dolls, dot painting fish (mullet) templets cut from plywood and a built a Gunyah shelter just to name a few. Collecting sticks, seed pods, leaves and recycled materials and incorporating these into their work..
I highly recommend you visit:- http://pennyevansart.com/
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