Self Portrait 12” x 10”

Comments

Superbly painted Thea, congratulations.

Posted by Peter Smith on Mon 31 Oct 18:45:04

Thea I love this superbly painted portrait and having just looked through your gallery I have to say how mightily impressed I am with your work, you are someone to aspire to. I wish you the very best of luck in your campaign to further raise awareness of Autism.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Mon 31 Oct 19:10:54

A brilliant painting, Thea. Your previous portraits are as superb as this one.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 31 Oct 19:29:02

Beautiful self-portrait, Thea.

Posted by Shirley May on Mon 31 Oct 19:31:03

Lovely self-portrait Thea, you have a great talent.

Posted by Roger Sallis on Mon 31 Oct 21:14:41

Thank you all for such positive and lovely comments. This is the first Self portrait in 8 years x

Posted by Thea Penna on Mon 31 Oct 21:17:16

A beautiful portrait Thea.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 31 Oct 21:34:07

A beautifully portrait and I wish you all the best with your campaign.

Posted by Denise Cat on Mon 31 Oct 21:45:31

Absolutely wonderful. What a joy it was to look though your older work too.

Posted by Collette Hughes on Mon 31 Oct 21:50:19

Well painted

Posted by Lyn Thacker on Mon 31 Oct 21:52:43

Super portrait Thea, well done.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Mon 31 Oct 23:10:20

Fantastic ‘selfie’, Thea. Treatment of the hair and materials is rendered so life-like.

Posted by Ron Goodwin on Mon 31 Oct 23:12:58

Such Excellent work!

Posted by Skylar Brown on Tue 01 Nov 00:56:06

It's superb Thea. all those different textures and that defiant gaze are top of their game.

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 01 Nov 07:22:55

Superb portrait

Posted by Christine Rogan on Tue 01 Nov 09:04:01

superb painting .Wonderfull done.

Posted by Joop Jacobs on Tue 01 Nov 09:31:34

Wonderful painting Thea. I see determination in your face. All the best with your campaign

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Tue 01 Nov 10:06:03

A beautiful portrait Thea with so much emotion coming through.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 01 Nov 16:49:37

Exceptional!

Posted by Peter Robinson on Tue 01 Nov 18:53:05

Honestly, thank you so much for all your lovely comments. It really means so much to me and gives me the confidence to keep painting x

Posted by Thea Penna on Tue 01 Nov 19:27:07

A beautiful portrait - superb! All best wishes.

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Thu 03 Nov 20:30:31

Excellent Thea. Good luck with your project.

Posted by Elaine Nash on Sat 05 Nov 12:32:07

That is a quite remarkable self-portrait: and I applaud your work for the neuro-divergent.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sat 05 Nov 16:06:59

Terrific self portrait. Try entering for the Portrait Artist of the Year.

Posted by Richard Seymour on Tue 08 Nov 14:36:56

With all those odds Wonderfull

Posted by Lou Carlo on Fri 18 Nov 10:52:08

Hang on Studio Wall

31/10/2022

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A portrait of myself after receiving my official autism diagnosis from the NHS. I now feel the immense need to raise Autism awareness through my paintings. Believe me there's a long way to go to gain awareness and if I can do anything to help my beautiful neurodiverse family, I will try my utmost.

About the Artist

Thea Penna

www.theapenna.co.uk I was born in Harlow, Essex, and after completing my Art Foundation course at Harlow college I moved to Wakefield for three years where I studied Surface Pattern Design at Bretton Hall college of Art (part of Leeds University), which I loved. I was encouraged to use…

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