Penny Warden Originals Penny, an honours graduate in Theology, once headed a Religious Studies Department. In 2001 she became a full-time artist after studying Fine Art. Penny, whom a London art dealer recently referred to as "a true original" paints her images with a maximum of spontaneity and energetic expression. This involves risks and accidents but Penny works in partnership with the oil paint, exploiting these in order to forge a new vibrant image out of a familiar well-known form.   Penny's dynamic original oil paintings and charcoal drawings are greatly sought after particularly her ballet figures. Alongside these she sells to a wide range audience her still life, musical instruments and flower paintings.   Original painting 45cm x 100cm sold Original painting 55cm x 100cm       "Ballet" 18" x 40 Oil on Canvas SOLD          Penny met and spoke about her paintings to Condoleezza Rice who found visiting the Cathedral “a deeply moving experience.”  Acclaimed by Desmound Tutu as “wonderfully creative” and the Archbishop of Canterbury as “outstanding” these paintings have sealed Penny Warden’s reputation among art critics as “a true original” Ivor Braka London Art Dealer.     "Ballet" 18" x 40 Oil on Canvas SOLD   "Ballet" 18" x 40 Oil on Canvas SOLD

Penny is also known for her religious paintings the Phoenix Series, figurative works based on the crucifixion. Some of these were painted with the support of a grant from the Christian Arts Trust - patron the Archbishop of Canterbury. Since 2000 they have been seen by many 1000s of people whilst on a solo tour of major cathedrals, churches and college chapels. They are six-foot oil paintings and are normally displayed down the nave for up to two months for each exhibition. She was commissioned for two of these paintings by St. John's Church, Waterloo in London.

In 2004 as a 'rising artist', Penny was chosen to exhibit her religious work in St Paul's Cathedral alongside Tracy Emin, Maggie Hambling, Peter Howson and other such prominent artists, in an innovative and exciting national exhibition called "Presence: Images of Christianity for the Third Millennium."

Penny was recently commissioned by Blackburn Cathedral for "a major project of national significance" which was unveiled in March this year. This consists of the permanent hanging of 15 x 6 foot oils on canvas, of the Stations of the Cross, following Christ's final journey of condemnation, death and resurrection "probably the most adventurous of its kind in any English Cathedral."

Penny has been interviewed on BBC radio and filmed for a worldwide satellite television broadcast; she has featured in a number of national magazines and publications; she has had her work used by Cambridge University in a major theological project; she has exhibited and spoken about her work at Oxford University; she has been artist in residence at Gordonstoun School and Wycombe Abbey, Buckinghamshire; she has been the guest speaker at the Wokingham District Arts Festival, involving thirty local schools; her paintings have been used by a theatre company for various productions; and she has been part of several consultation groups at Windsor Castle on 'Human Creativity in the Arts'.