Susan Penfold fell in love with the vibrancy and tactile nature of pastel when she undertook her first class in 2016.
While working full time she kept improving her skills and in 2020 she held her first solo exhibition at Darwin Visual Arts. During this year she won the Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival Jetty Art prize and received a highly-commended in the Katherine Art Show. She subsequently held solo exhibitions at Dom’s Bar and was invited to exhibit at Songlines Gallery in Darwin, Northern Territory.
In 2022 she moved to Adelaide, South Australia, and became a part-time carer for her elderly parents while setting up her studio to become a full time artist.
In 2023 she won the Non-Professional Award at Plein Air Down Under, an outdoor painting festival held in Western Australia, the first year she entered. She subsequently exhibited at the invitation-only Spirit of the Landscape exhibition.
Susan enjoys painting landscapes, still life and human and pet portraits with her main focus being capturing the light and colour. If you have a particular artwork in mind, feel free to contact Susan to discuss.
About Susan Penfold
Susan Penfold
Ph 0439341275
Email: susanpenfoldartist@outlook.com
Instagram: @susanpenfoldartist
Facebook: @susanpenfoldartist
Solo Exhibitions
2024 ‘Adelaide Hills Colour’ SALA festival, Olive Branch Café, Balhannah
2023 ‘Artainable’ SALA festival, Suffolk Studio, Adelaide
2021 Songlines Gallery, Darwin and Dom’s Bar, Darwin
2020 Darwin Visual Arts, Darwin
Selected Joint Exhibitions
2024 ‘Spirit of the Landscape’, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre – invitation only.
2024 ‘Cuttlefest’ Whyalla Community Gallery.
2024 Barossa Arts Festival
2021 Portrait of a Senior Territorian ‘Janie Mason OAM’.
2023 and 2024 Blackwood Rotary Art Show
2023 and 2024 Victor Harbour Rotary Art Show
2023 and 2024 Walkerville Art Show
2024 Royal Adelaide Show
Ongoing joint exhibitions
Atelier Crafers
Royal South Australian Society for the Arts
Awards
2024 Royal Adelaide Show – 3rd prize Portrait division
2023 Plein Air Down Under – Winner, Non-professional award.
2023 RSASA – ‘Coiled Spring’ exhibition – Merit Award
2020 Seabreeze Festival Nightcliff Jetty Art Prize – Winner
2020 Katherine Art Prize – Highly Commended
Professional memberships
Former member and board member of Darwin Visual Arts
Member of Whyalla Art Group
Member of Gawler Community Gallery
Member Pastel Society of Australia
Member Pastel Society of South Australia
Member of Royal Society of the Arts South Australia
