About

Grace Pennington photographed by John Pennington

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Thanks for checking out my blog.  Hopefully this will be a place where you can learn about new techniques, products, as well as other artists and their creative work and my Portfolio Pursuit.

My specialty is classical art and portraiture based in Fairfax, Virginia.  I took the jump of becoming a portrait artist in 2006 and haven’t turned back.  Right now my heart is heavily gravitating towards the human and all of it’s complexities – form, emotion, and motion.   These aspects of people I want to explore and create in my portfolio.  A solid portfolio feels like ages away, yet the fresh ideas and journey is thrilling.

In March of this year, I married  John Robert Pennington and my name has changed from Kettell to Pennington.  (You can check out my Kettell website here.)  John and I are bringing together our love for people  in our collaborative custom portrait business, Pennington Studio.  We’ve been working together on portraits for a long time, but now that we’ve tied the knot we’re combining both our arts to create the ultimate custom portrait package.  Check it out.  Also, we’re working on a collaborative expression series — I’m working in graphite pencil and him in photography.   We’ll be posting updates on that as well.

I’d love to hear your feedback.  Stay posted and comment often!

Grace