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Featured
North Carolina Artist -
Teresa Pennington |
"Christmas
at Biltmore"
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T.
Pennington Art Gallery
15 North Main Street
tpennart@bellsouth.net
828-452-9284 |
Teresa
Pennington is a self-taught colored pencil artist
with a talent she says is God given. Often spending as much
as six months on one drawing, she meticulously renders the
scenery, landmarks, flora and fauna of western North Carolina.
A North Carolina native, Teresa has been commissioned
by the Biltmore Estate for 16 years and does
a new piece for them each year.
With a heart for conservation, she has also been commissioned
by the U.S. Forest Service, the Blue Ridge Parkway
Foundation and the Western Diocese of the Episcopal
Church to render drawings as fund raising campaigns. Her new
project for 2004 will be a series for the Southern Highlands
Nature Conservancy, an organization that protects the properties
that border our national forests and parks. Many of
her limited edition prints have sold out, creating
a secondary market for her work. Her latest reproductions
are digitally printed giclees on paper or canvas, done from
her colored pencil originals.
Teresa's trademark is a Pink Lady's Slipper,
appearing in all her work since 1996 in memory of
her mother. In her galleries, in Waynesville and
Blowing Rock, you will find originals, limited edition prints,
mini prints, cards and gift items. Custom framing is also
available.
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