Birds in Flight and Black & White
Solo Photography Show Featuring
Penelope Ayers
Opening June 10, 2025
Opening Reception
Tuesday, June 10, 6:30–8:30 PM
Gallery Hours
June 14, 21 & 22, 28 & 29, July 12 & 13 | 11:00-2pm
By appointment | admin@WhittemoreCCC.org
Artist Talk with Penelope Ayers
Tuesday, June 24, 6:00–7:30 PM
Artist Bio
I think of myself as a wildlife photographer and am happiest capturing animals and birds in some beautiful places on the East coast. Graduating from Pratt Institute, I began my career in book Illustration as well as painting dogs and horses on commission for clients. I got into photography as many clients didn’t have photographs of their animals for me to work from. Although I no longer paint, I like to have the same sensibility about my photographs as if they were individual paintings. I live in Bernardsville, New Jersey with four rescue dogs and also have two beautiful horses in Bedminster that I enjoy riding.
Meet Penelope
Artist Statement
There are two guiding principles that I try to convey in my wildlife photography. It’s important to tell a story, and to capture the emotions of the animals and birds that are my subjects. I borrow a quote from the great National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita who said, “It’s not about what you look at, but what you see.”
Acknowledgements
Penelope Ayers would like to thank David Ulmes for doing such a wonderful job printing all the photographs in the show on watercolor paper and for his technical expertise.
Klein & Ulmes Inc
317 Bound Brook Rd., Middlesex, NJ 08846-2206
(732) 356-2900 | Kleinulmes.com
Thanks also to Tracy Dillon for framing all the pieces in the show and for her help and encouragement.
Dillon’s Fine Art & Framing
80 Morristown Rd., Bernardsville, NJ 07924
(908) 766-0207 | www.dillonsfineart.com