Featured Artist

Penny Perrier

• Penny at AAS Museum Art Exhibition - Nov-2024 Penny at AAS Museum Art Exhibition - Nov-2024
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Biography

Penny was born in Sault Ste Marie and has resided here for most of her life although she has travelled extensively throughout all of Canada.  She was immersed in the world of art and music from a very early age and surrounded by family members who pursued a variety of creative endeavours.  She began painting as a teenager, when she travelled each summer by train to British Columbia to spend time with her sister, an accomplished artist., who encouraged and mentored her.

As an avid nature enthusiast, Penny enjoys exploring the wonderful landscape of the area surrounding Sault Ste Marie, being very much at home in Lake Superior country.  Summers were spent at her family’s cottage immersed in nature, becoming a strong swimmer, avid hiker and accomplished canoeist. Later in life, she introduced her two young boys to the special opportunity of spending time in nature and enjoyed countless adventures and excursions with them into our valuable area.

Penny believes that spending time in nature provides inspiration not only for painting, writing, and music, all of which are integral parts of her life but in general is a great source of strength. “For me, it is the path to a life of gratitude and wonderment for life overall.”

 Penny returned to painting a few years ago after a very long absence when she retired from a career of over forty years in business and post-secondary education.  While early paintings were completed with oils, she began to enjoy the flexibility and brilliant colours of acrylics, using them often.  “I have experimented with watercolours and pastels also and appreciate those mediums as well. “” Presently, I am focusing on improving my drawing skills.”

Mostly, Penny paints landscapes and often water scenes.  She is working on a series called “Painting the Canadian Landscape” as she has photographed most areas of this country in her travels from coast to coast to coast.  She also enjoys painting flowers and hopes to develop a repertoire of several of these in the future.  Painting her grandchildren and niece was a special opportunity and she hopes to expand in this area to complete more work focusing on adding people into her paintings.  

Essentially a self-taught artist pursuing painting as a hobby, Penny continues to develop her skills, registering for classes from time to time both in-person sessions and on-line, along with  studying the work of others.  The Group of Seven and their fabulous art, many of the scenes from the Algoma area provide tremendous inspiration. “ Lauren Harris is one of my favourite artists from the Group of Seven, while,  Claude Monet from The Impressionist Era is another favourite..”  Exhibitions have included a students’ exhibition organized and presented by artist, Taimi Poldmaa (2018) and a members’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of Algoma (2020).  The Algoma Art Society Members’ Exhibition at the Museum is the most recent (2024).

• A Cuban Holiday A Cuban Holiday
• An Unforgettable Island - PEI An Unforgettable Island - PEI
• Beautiful Beach Beautiful Beach
• Calm in the North Arctic Bay - Nunavut Calm in the North Arctic Bay - Nunavut
• Lake Superior - Jewel of the North Lake Superior - Jewel of the North
• Lupins on the Cabot Trail - Nova Scotia Lupins on the Cabot Trail - Nova Scotia
• Mixed Bouquet Mixed Bouquet
• Poppies to Remember Poppies to Remember
• Pretty in Pink Pretty in Pink
• Pristine Beach Pristine Beach
• Rocky Beach - Bay of Fundy Rocky Beach - Bay of Fundy
• Rocky Mountains - Alaska Highway Rocky Mountains - Alaska Highway
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