Artist Name:
Penelope Green
Title:
Winter Chillin'
About the artwork:
The architectural beauty of the iconic Newcastle Ocean Baths is fabled and a magnet for swimmers and photographers, particularly in summer. In winter, there is less flesh to be seen but golden hour still provides the perfect light for some candid and very laid back portraits between friends.
Penelope Green is a journalist, photographer and author inspired by ocean and street life daily in Newcastle. A member of the Bar Beach Seahorses and Women of the Hunter in Photography (WH!P) Collective, she's also a finalist in the Galah Regional Photographic Prize (2025), Head On Portrait finalist (224) and City Of Sydey Australian Life (2022).
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Dimensions:
700w by 467 deep
Materials:
Photograph on fine art print
About the artist:
I first came to live in Newcastle in 1993 as a cadet journalist and, having grown up in country NSW, immediately felt at home but left within a year to return to Sydney. In 2011, I returned with my fa