I first encountered Penny Davenport’s work when she submitted to the bookplate contest (see her haunting entry). After looking through her site I realized I needed to learn more, and to plaster more of her images on this blog. I asked Penny for a bio:
I was born in 1979 in Inverness, and grew up variously on the Isle of Skye, in Cheshire, and in Somerset. I studied Fine Art in Liverpool, and still live and work here. Over the last few years I have started to focus on drawings and illustrations of characters and scenes from stories I have written. My inspirations include human eyes (especially in masks) and animals, fur (both clean and matted!), nature, the positions of animals in taxidermy, unusual images and old photographs. I also like the poetry of Ted Hughes, old tins, medieval images of animals, films, (particularly watching the dynamics of on-screen relationships, as well as the relationships between the actors or documentary subjects, and the camera), physical gestures and non-verbal communication, and traditional animation.
Penny can be contacted for inquiries about selling her work or commissions at: pennydavenportillustration@hotmail.com
Thanks for sharing your work here!
Penny Davenport
Penny Davenport
Previously:
—Anya Triestram
–-All Sorts of Remedies
—From the Library of the Evil Orchid
