Original Abstract Mini Painting

A series of mini acrylic paintings mounted on board with finished edges and semi self framed with thick ply. Painted with encaustic abstract design, the colors are warm and sunset like. These paintings will somewhat stand or prop nicely. They are able to be hung as well. 

sold individually, please choose style 

Carola Penn was a leading Pacific Northwest artist whose paintings were rooted in landscapes both political and personal. 

Raised in the Bay Area, she was educated in the 1960s at UC Berkeley. Penn studied under the leading midcentury California artist Elmer Bischoff and was influenced by German Expressionism, Paul Klee, and Van Gogh. She also absorbed much of the work happening around her at the time, notably by Bay Area Figurative artists David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, and Joan Brown. She painted personal and physical landscapes in Portland, OR for 50 years. Her practice revolved around thick textures and emotional palettes with subject matter ranging from dense abstraction to immersive forest scapes and the shifting architectures of the soul, and of the city of Portland.

Penn passed away in April 2019 at the age of 74. At the end of 2019 and into 2021, her work could be seen in 3 different venues around the city: PDX airport, Nationale, and finally, Stumptown. At the end of 2021, “Through the Looking Glass” was shown at ArtReach Gallery.