Hieronomoglyphics
Acrylic on Canvas
48" x 36"

Hieronomoglyphics

Acrylic on Canvas
48" x 36"

Monk at Play
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Monk at Play

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Our Lady of Ambitious Fishes
Acrylic on Canvas
48" x 36"

Our Lady of Ambitious Fishes

Acrylic on Canvas
48" x 36"

The Lord and the Fly
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
36" x 24"

The Lord and the Fly

Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
36" x 24"

Penrod Unger

Verse and Vigor
November 14 - December 5, 2006

Reception: Thursday November 16, 2006 6-8 PM

Press Release

Penrod Unger creates works that are bathed in mystery. Her paintings carry the serene intensity of Russian Orthodox icons, combined with a fantasy-filled vision that resembles a kinder, gentler Hieronymus Bosch. Unger's figures live in an eerie land. Fishes float past a partially nude woman with blue hair and a halo in Our Lady of Ambitious Fishes. A diminutive king stands beneath a fly larger than his head in The Lord and the Fly. However, Unger's paintings do not seem created to shock or horrify the viewer. Instead, they all take place in a dreamlike state and open the senses to dreamy free association. Unger's arts education includes significant studies in Oxford, England, France, where her courses immersed her in French art history, Beijing, where she studied Chinese calligraphy and still life painting, and St. Petersburg, Russia where she studied Russian art, including the icons that have so informed her painting. Penrod Unger is a native of Texas—where she now resides and shows her work.

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Artists in this exhibition

Steven Dickey | Paul Robinson | Penrod Unger | Michael Misha Kennedy