Jenny Pennywood
38 // Jenny Pennywood is the alter ego of Los Angeles–born designer Jen Garrido. Now based in San Francisco, Jen does fine-art painting under her real name. She created Jenny Pennywood so that she could ‘move freely around the design world without it interfering with my painting’. Jen received a BFA in Painting from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, and an MFA in Studio Arts from Mills College in Oakland. Her main influences are colour, line quality, materials, form, texture, shape and movement. Jen is always interested in working with talented people on interesting and challenging projects. She hopes to keep working, to remain open to opportunities and to continue to add to her skillset.
Design Heroes: Philip Guston, Vera Neumann, Sonia Delaunay
Stacks 2
Spontaneous hand-painted lines and chevrons fit together in harmonious colour.
Double Zig Zag
Undulating vertical rows are made up of dashes and continuous strokes in this rhythmic print.
Overlapped Boxes
Jen’s graphic patterns begin as line and shape drawings in ink. Her hand is clearly visible in these 3D cubes.
Zig Zag
Jen scans her original ink drawings and then recomposes the lines and shapes in Adobe Illustrator. Here the zigzags knit together like netting.