Penny Beesley

“Working mostly in mixed media, I begin with the looseness and motion of abstract painting layered with some collage elements and then mark making. My initial approach is spontaneous and intuitive. I begin by gathering a selection of paint colors and papers often inspired by the environment I live in. I like to work in a series of three to five structures – either canvas, panel or paper. I will begin by energizing the surface without thought, only motion, and as shapes and design come together, I pause, listen to music, walk away for a while, then return. When something interesting happens, I interact again with other processes to bring cohesion and closure. Sometimes it takes a long time!”

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Penny Beesley was raised in an art loving family and her weekends were often spent at her father’s elbow in his studio. Art was a focal point during high school followed by Eastern Michigan University, attaining a BFA in ceramics and painting. Inspiration and motivation continue to come from nature’s surrounding stimulus of color, form and light, a background presence of music, man-made or natural, and the emotions brought on by them.

2017
City Gallery of North Charleston, "Earnest Endeavor", North Charleston, SC, November 2017
Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Member Show, Greenville, SC, August & September 2017
Art League of Hilton Head, "Biennale" National Juried Exhibition, Hilton Head, SC, May 2017
Society of Bluffton Artists, Exhibiting Member, Bluffton, SC

2016
Bank of the Arts, Annual National Juried Show, New Bern NC

2015
Art Sandy Springs BOWS ArtSS Bash, Sandy Springs GA, February 2015
Bank of the Arts, Annual National Juried Show, New Bern NC

2014
Roswell Fine Arts Alliance, Annual Juried Show, Roswell GA, February 2014
Digital Arts Studio, First Place, Atlanta GA, March 2014
Quinlan Visual Arts Center, “On the Edge”, Atlanta GA, August 2014
Artist Atelier, Miami Circle, Atlanta GA, September 2014

2013
Atlanta Artists Center, “Synchronicity”, Honorable Mention, Atlanta GA, January 2013
Atlanta Collage Society, “The Paper Chase”, Grand Bohemian, Ashville, NC March 2013
Abernathy Arts Center Annual Juried Exhibit, Sandy Springs GA, May 2013
Atlanta Artists Center, “Abstraction or Distraction”, Atlanta GA, Juried exhibit, June 2013
Atlanta Collage Society, Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, SC, December 2013

2012
Art S...