Penny Brown

Penny Brown trained as a theatre designer but an increasing love of drawing and painting led her to illustration. She started with craft and lifestyle books, and soon began to write and illustrate design source books for Search Press. Penny also worked on books on gardening and natural history, and in 2009 she enrolled on a course with the SBA (The Society of Botanical Artists), which greatly developed her observational and painting skills. She graduated in 2011 with a distinction and won the Award for Excellence. Since then she has exhibited with the SBA in London and throughout Europe, and was accepted as a Full Member in March 2013. She lives in Dorset, U.K.