A very talented lady

Over the past years of our Blog we have occasionally featured paintings by Penny, one of our Upholsterers. She is very talented, and on a personal comment, I have frequently said to her that her drawings and paintings of birds and animals in particular are easily equal to those of a very good professional wildlife artist that I once knew. 

 Penny with her husband Dave and Jenny enjoying the 11-o-clock tea break

 

 Penny and Dave busy stripping down seat side head rests

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The following is a selection of some of her paintings and drawings, and show the various aspects of her work from the small and delicate to the very large and bold. At the end is what she did with the special cutouts for our Railway Santa Seasons.

Penny has very kindly given permission to display all of these. 

Thanks also to Russ who very kindly sent me some lovely photos of Penny and Grenville when she produced the cartoon "Grenville's Tours" , and for permission to use the wonderful bus painting. 

Also to John and Jenny for very kindly permitting me to use respectively the lovely woodpecker painting and the superb lion drawing. 

I am also pleased to include the two dramatic seascapes that I have hanging on my sitting room wall.

All the paintings and drawings are of course copyright.

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Our Railway

In 2012 following the major embankment slippage at Chicken Curve, our Works Barn and Yard became the temporary Loco Shed. While members of C&W and the Loco Department look on, 2807 is being unloaded, having been brought down from Toddington by road.

 

Inside Winchcombe Signalbox. A print of this has been framed and now hangs in there.

 

  Seascapes

 

 

 

Penny's seascapes are dramatic to say the least. You can almost hear the crashing waves and smell the saltiness of the moisture-laden breeze.

In the Discovery Coach at Winchcombe Station

Painting the face of the tailor's dummy dressed up as the train guard 

Buses

The two coaches that Russ beautifully restored and earned him the nickname "Russ the Bus". On a number of occasions Russ very kindly used the "Brighton Belle" (on the right) for trips for C&W staff and other members of the Railway.

 

Grenville's Tours

Not long before he had to retire from volunteering, Grenville was involved with the painting of two large Dogfish ballast wagons. This inspired Penny to draw a wonderful cartoon which is now framed and displayed on our Mess Room wall. Sadly we lost Grenville in 2015. He was a lovely character and someone we will always very much miss.

The framed print on our Mess room wall

 

 Animals and Birds

 

 Three examples of Penny's excellent graphite pencil drawings

 

The lovely woodpecker painting owned by John. Penny painted this from photos of the bird in his garden.

 

 

The superb lion drawing owned by Jenny. 

 

 

 

A selection of her lovely bird paintings

 

Illustrating a children's book

    

 

Penny was invited by a friend to provide the cover picture and all the illustrations for a book she was producing. The cover and examples below are a credit to Penny's artwork.

 

 

The giant mural

 

The giant mural of Tewkesbury Town Band that was on the wall of their former premises. When they later moved to a new building, the plasterboard was carefully cut out and the whole mural transported. Penny is seen making minor repairs after the move. Her husband Dave is a member of the Band.

 

Winter Scenes

The special painting for the Railway's Santa Seasons

Rod kindly prepares the giant board

 

 

The finished painting which hangs in the Tim Mitchell Building as part of the Christmas display

 

Santa Season Models

 The little cartoon moose 

Transferring the initial painting to a full size drawing onto a grid 

 Our Woodwork Team created the full size plywood cutouts from the drawing

  Penny made a superb job of painting them and with careful shading made them 3D.

Rudolph

Painted and ready for display

Set up in the Christmas display in the Tim Mitchell Building, with Eddie (Head of Woodwork) and Ria looking on. 

 

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I hope you have enjoyed seeing these as much as we have in C&W. 

She really is a very talented lady.