About Pene Edwards

The basis for Pene's work is an implied aerial view with an unpremeditated figuration and linear path.  The creative imagery teams with life seen and unseen.  There is no foreground, middle ground or background schema. Pene's paintings take on their own path as she works purely intuitively using her love of colour, form, mark marking to create her individual works.

Pene does not expect viewers to make the same symbolic association that she does, but  hopes they will have their own positive responses and allow themselves to be excited and stimulated by the exchanges with her dynamic work. You may find reference to the famous artist, John Olsen, however, her major influence has been her mentor Dr Irene Amos OAM and artists Ann Thomson and Robert Grieve.

Pene has made a passionate commitment to her art - a path she has followed for the past twenty years.

ART EDUCATION
1981-85     Studied Fine Art Brisbane Institute of Art
1984          Granted Painting Scholarship
1986          Diploma of Fine Art . Brisbane Institute of Art

COLLECTIONS
Redland Shire Council
Redcliffe City Council
Redeemer Lutheran College
Collections in England America Singapore
Canada  Holland
Many Private Collections. 

AWARDS
2004  Combined Brisbane Rotary Art Prize
2002  Combined Brisbane Rotary Art Prize 
2002  Acquired Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery   
1997  Beaudesert Rotary Art Competition    
1996  Beaudesert Rotary Art Competition
1994  Redlands Art Competition (Open Section) 
1991  Redlands Art Competition (Works on Paper) 
1990  Mackay Water Colour Section 
1990  Redlands Art Competition  (Open Section) 
1990  Redlands Art Competition  (Landscape Section)
1990  101st Annual Art Award R.Q.A.S.