“I love the excitement of a blank canvas or sheet of paper. I can paint ordinary things but with the right lighting and color I hope to give them a more exciting life. ”
Penny Thomas Simpson, an artist based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, studied graphic design at Prairie State College in Illinois, but her main interested was illustration. She paints primarily with acrylics and watercolors in a very realistic style. Still life, fruit, and flowers are her primary subjects. Penny has won numerous awards both instate and nationally and is included in several North Light Books publications. She has gives workshops on painting with watercolors and is a member of the National Watercolor Society and a Signature member of the New Mexico Watercolor Society and Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.
Penny stages all of her artwork and then paints from the photos.
Penny has been a participant in many collections:
Trail of the Painted Pony - "Apple-oosa"
New Mexico Natural History Museum's "Dinosaur Stompede"
Albuquerque's Casa Esperanza's "Chests of Hope"
UMCF Children's Hospital's "Painted Rockers"
Hospice El Paso's "Painted Chilies"
