Giles Penny

Giles Penny (born 1962) is an English sculptor and painter. He has created many public sculptures by commission, which stand in locations in Britain.

Life Penny was born in Dorset. He attended the Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea, the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and the Newport College of Art. He has exhibited in England and France,

He was elected in 1994 an Associate of the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Works Penny has written that "when I reflect on my work over the past forty years I've found it's the idea in conjunction with the making that completes the experience." He acknowledges the influence of Giacomo Manzù.

"Man and Ball", of 1995, is a bronze sculpture, height , commissioned by Ransomes Europark in Ipswich, where it is situated.

"Man and Animal", of 2004, is a bronze sculpture, height , in Camomile Walk, Portishead, Somerset. It was commissioned by Crest Nicholson.

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