Tangled Foreshore | Penny Verdich

Penny Verdich is a contemporary artist from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Primarily a painter of semi abstract landscapes, Penny uses saturated colour to create bold paintings.

Drawing and painting on location is central to her practice. This enables Penny to explore the lines, shapes and patterns of the environment and provide the foundation for work completed in her studio.

For Penny, ‘on location’ can be anywhere from the tangled Angophora foreshore of Sydney Harbour to the wild southern reaches of Tasmania to the vastness of central Australia. Being outside, in all elements, from the peaceful beaches and coves of Sydney Harbour to wild, windy and wet coastlines anywhere southern Tasmania to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle, that inspire Penny to create preliminary drawings in her sketchbook.

For each painting, the colour and texture of the ground guides Penny to create forms and tessellated patterns which resolve into a semi abstract landscape.

Penny has exhibited in group shows in Sydney and regional NSW.

In August she had her first solo at Shac in Robertson, NSW.

"Tangled Foreshore - Collins Flat, was inspired by a tranquil pocket of Sydney Harbour National Park.”

“On a calm winter’s day, the only sounds are the gulls calling and the waterfall that has come to life after recent rains.”

“The towering angophoras peek through the tangled undergrowth as the water cascades into the sienna tinged creek below."

Penny Verdich, 2024.

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