Penelope Fulljames

I achieved some reputation as a miniaturist with exhibitions throughout Spain & in London’s Burlington Arcade. Subjects were mostly from nature; portraits and highly detailed using triple zero brushes. I was using watercolours on gesso which was later protected with special varnish and wax.

From 1982, I started painting full size in oils on canvases and boards with my first solo show in 1983 in Ibiza. In 1990 I had my first solo show at the Portal Gallery in Bond Street. London. U.K. The subjects were evocative, surreal and detailed; figurative paintings with creatures that exist (or maybe did once,) set in unlikely landscapes.

I have exhibited in Chicago U.S.A., plus Madrid, Salamanca, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Valencia and Ibiza in Spain. My paintings are in collections worldwide including the collection of the late Duchess of Alba.

In 1999 I built a studio in the Cotswold’s. Since 2010 I have been living there, painting full time. I ran a weekly Art class until 2016. I continue exhibiting in various venues in the region. I am now enjoying the freedom of being able to paint the wilderness and atmospheric landscapes which have always fascinated me.

Recently I have moved my Spanish studio from Ibiza to the centre of a Nati...

I studied Fine Art at Portsmouth
College of Art and later continued in Rome & Florence;
this lead to my living and working in the Mediterranean for most of my life.

My first solo show was 1983 in Ibiza. In 1990 I had my first solo London show at the Portal Gallery in Bond Street. The subjects were evocative, surreal and detailed; figurative paintings with creatures that exist (or maybe did once or maybe oneday,) set in unlikely landscapes.
Other London shows followed in Bond Street, Piccadilly; Kings Street, St James; and the Redchurch Gallery, East End. By then I was participating in Christies Wild Life Art Sales, South Kensington. These were particularly successful, especially my multiples, (4 or 6 panels per painting) depicting the wild life subjects, always in paradise. The first year of these Auctions, it was exhibited in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington prior to the sale. The Christies Wildlife Art Auctions came to an end after the year 2000.
. My paintings are in collections worldwide including the collection of the late Duchess of Alba.I have exhibited in Chicago U.S.A., plus Madrid, Salamanca, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Valencia and Ibiza in Spain.