A graduate of the Tasmanian School of Art, (1970), and Monash University MFA (Research) (2004) Penny’s painting career spans four decades. Her main interests exist in ideas that circulate around the idea of landscape in the context of Tasmania, particularly the representation of land, country, sites, and views.

Her work is generated by using several randomising techniques while exploiting temperature, gravity, vibration and frost etching to create fields and surfaces that evoke landscape features and details within.

Penny has participated in many group shows and undertaken regular solo exhibitions since first exhibiting at the George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (1977). Recent solo exhibitions include; Weather Events, Moonah Art Centre, Contemplations, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston (2018), Floating Worlds, Raft south, Hobart (2016) and Found in Translation, s.p.a.c.e Gallery Launceston, (2014).

Penny in exhibiting regularly in art prizes and one person exhibitions with the most recent in 2024 to be held commencing 1 May at s.p.a.c.e. Gallery, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston.