Artspiration – Evan Penny

Evan Penny is a portrait photographer.

Actually…I lied.

Evan Penny is a sculptor.

Using silicone and pigment, it’s truly eerie how lifelike his sculptures are. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing his work at the London Regional Art Gallery, and it really is awe inspiring. When you walk into the room, you’re momentarily convinced that he’s taken real people and taxidermied them. Or that he’s somehow found a way to expand people’s heads to twice their original size or shrunk their entire bodies down to half their original size. The detail in his work is staggering. The texture of skin, the character of an aged face, the tiny striations in the dermal layer, pores, discoloration, hairs, and most incredible is his ability to capture an “essence”. His “people” are both raw and real. I don’t know how else to describe it. He manages to be almost perfect at recreating human imperfections.

Take a look at his work, but if you get the chance, definitely go and check out his work in a gallery setting. Pictures really can’t do justice to the grandeur of his work.

http://www.evanpenny.com/