Glory Penington

This story begins with photography: I began taking home photos at the age of 10, always had a camera with me on any travels, and haven’t been able to keep one out of my hands since the mid-80s. After decades of photographic adventures, a traumatic brain injury from a 2016 train derailment challenged my vision, and I set aside the camera for a few years to heal from that and PTSD issues. When seclusion necessitated by COVID then ensued, I turned to oil painting as a new creative outlet. Photography has been a door to ‘seeing’, but the emotions encountered and remembered from photography adventures are more easily expressed and shared through painting. Using the palette knife technique, values and contrasts allow energies to radiate through light and air. As a viewer, you are then engaged in the resolution of abandonment and order, chaos and serenity.