Nelson
Penny Lim
Monoprint
Value: $170.00
Rental per month: $5.00
I was born in Vancouver and was educated and trained locally, save for traveling abroad. I took general drawing courses, life drawing in Germany and a year of post-graduate work in China. My love for drawing developed in Grade I, very fortunate in having a gifted teacher at the very beginning of my school career.
While working abroad in Europe, I painted the walls of a preschool. That research, using children’s story books, motivated me to train in the arts. Then, a summer job in Europe following first-year art training brought me face-to-face with Toulosse-Lautrec at the British Museum. That stone lithograph print inspired me to major in printmaking and specialize in lithography while attending Capilano College, Emily Carr and Zhejiang Academy of Fine Art.
Post-grad, I continued with photography, mixed media, works on paper, and began canvas painting in 2000. As time permitted, I made prints at co-op studios, and I also enter work in solo or group exhibits yearly.
As a means to generate income using my art training, I taught drawing and painting to children to begin with, and then later began teaching adult drawing classes. The children amazed me!