Penny Collins Art

18/10/2025

Progress on these large 24"x36" abstract flower paintings. Collage, acrylic paint, and paint pen. It's super fun and satisfying working on them!

06/10/2025

My artwork "Queen of the Night" is part of the group show "Te Ara | The Passage" at Quest Art Space Whangarei until 5 December. Check it out! http://sonjavank.com/te_ara.htm

07/09/2025

Sunday sketching at Plough & Feather with Ngati Soul performing Plough & Feather Ngati Soul Music, Ewshhproductions

04/09/2025

Drawing from life is hard... but fun! Plough & Feather

28/08/2025

Delighted to be interviewed by Creative Northland! Thanks to the wonderful team there, so supportive of artists.

24/07/2025

New artwork! "Flower Crown" is a portrait of a woman with a crown and wings. A jewel-studded crown appointed with three roses sits atop her head. Rising around the crown is a structure inspired by Mexican clay sculptures of the Tree of Life, decorated with flowers, leaves, and hearts. Her hair is adorned with roses and she has a lace collar over her dress which is patterned with a quatrefoil motif.

https://www.pennycollins.co.nz/penny-collins-art/flower-crown

On sale now at Kerikeri Procter Library thanks to Creative Northland.

23/07/2025

SOLD! Thank you to my wonderful collector for purchasing "Bookworm". Check out www.pennycollins.co.nz to see the other artworks on display at Procter Library At Kerikeri thanks to Creative Northland and sign up for my newsletter!

14/07/2025

Go to www.pennycollins.co.nz to see the drawings in my exhibition Nature Queens at Procter Library At Kerikeri thanks to Creative Northland!

Now Showing at The Procter Library Artspace in Kerikeri - PennyCollins

Kerikeri-based artist Penny Collins brings her enchanting pen-and-ink series Nature Queens to the Procter Library Artspace. Inspired by fairy tales, children’s book illustrations, and the quiet magic of nature, Penny’s detailed black-and-white drawings explore the space where imagination and the natural world meet.

With a background in animation and illustration, including work on Bro’Town and Disney’s Dave the Barbarian, Penny blends precise linework with a timeless aesthetic influenced by artists like Aubrey Beardsley and Jaime Hernandez.

Check out her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/penny.collins.art/

Check out her work at the Procter Library rocter Library for the next 7 weeks!
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12/07/2025

My exhibition "Nature Queens" is on now at Kerikeri Procter Library's Art Space, thanks to Creative Northland. Check out my website www.pennycollins.co.nz and sign up to my newsletter, or DM me your postal address to receive my FREE art zine, postage paid! Creative Northland Procter Library At Kerikeri

07/07/2025

Nature Spirit depicts a girl's face in profile. Her dark hair is laced with natural objects including a tree, butterflies, flowers, and stars. A tree branch emerges onto her face, and tendrils thrust from the top of her head. She and nature are one.

Pen and ink on A4 cartridge paper
https://www.pennycollins.co.nz/penny-collins-art/nature-spirit
Copyright Penny Collins 2025.

07/07/2025

Bookworm shows a girl absorbed in her book, surrounded by roses, butterflies, and bees. Her hair swirls around her and forms a background to the rose branches leaning in from either side. She doesn't realise that chaos is about to be caused by her mischievous, leaping white cat!

Pen and ink on A4 cartridge paper
https://www.pennycollins.co.nz/penny-collins-art/bookworm
Copyright Penny Collins 2025.

07/07/2025

Queen of the Night is a glimpse of a queen moving through the woods under a starry sky with a full moon. Her gown recalls the royal decoration in a set of playing cards. Flowers dot her hair and she is holding one in her right hand. In the foreground, spotted mushrooms rise and partially obscure the queen as she walks.

Pen and ink on A4 cartridge paper
https://www.pennycollins.co.nz/penny-collins-art/queen-of-the-night
Copyright Penny Collins 2025.