A Road through a wood
1975
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1975
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Road through a wood is a 1975 watercolor by Audrey Penn, a Contemporary Abstract work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a quiet English road cutting through a wood. The trees frame the path, light playing on the ground. Audrey Penn painted it between 1970 and 1980. She painted until she was 94 but never saw herself as a pro artist. Most of her work stayed private, so records of her career are scarce. Still, she focused on untouched landscapes, chasing how light falls in forests and clearings. Her work lives at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A track winds through dense woodland toward a distant lake, framed by tall trees. Executed in watercolor on stiff paper, the scene emphasizes the interplay of light and shadow on foliage and path. The work reflects the artist’s sustained focus on unaltered English landscapes and her study of transient light effects in forest settings.
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Audrey Penn is an American children's writer. She is best known for writing The Kissing Hand, a picture book featuring anthropomorphic raccoons.
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