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Sophie Penstone is a watercolour and ink artist based in West Cornwall. Colour plays a huge part in her work using a limited palette, no more than six colours, trying out different colour combinations to achieve the right mood or atmosphere, dropping unexpected colour into a painting and lifting it off with the aim of drawing the viewer in and keeping their attention as they discover something new every time they look

 

Fascinated by the effects the changing seasons have on the wild hedgerows of Cornwall, Sophie’s work evolves throughout the year based on the different light within one day, seasons or weather conditions. Sophie uses ink on canvas in a similar way to her watercolours on paper but these canvases are often more imagined and evolve throughout the painting process

Sophie also has an ongoing fascination with the beauty to be found in an object in a state of decay, how this process can be striking, colourful and textural and how these objects, whether a rusty padlock or peeling paint on a weathered door, link us to our agricultural and industrial past.

Sophie’s work is becoming easily recognisable within Cornwall. Sophie has sold her work worldwide as well as representing England in The International Watercolour exhibition in Fabriano, Italy two years in succession as well as at The International Watercolour Masters Exhibition In May 2024. In July of 2023 her watercolour painting ‘River Thames London’ was awarded The St Cuthbert’s Mill Award at The TALP exhibition in Nottingham. Closer to home Sophie exhibits throughout the year within Cornwall and at Art Fairs throughout the country. She also demonstrates and teaches adult workshops in watercolour for local art societies.

s.penstone@btopenworld.com

07875071101