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ABOUT THE ARTIST Penny Davenport was born in Inverness, Scotland, and grew up in Minehead, in a house overlooking both the Bristol Channel and Butlin's Holiday Camp. Penny studied Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University, and has remained in Liverpool since finishing her degree. Originally an abstract painter, she has returned to her first love: drawing characters from imagined stories. Penny has collaborated with several writers, artists and musicians, marrying her images and creative approach with other artforms. She has produced cover artwork for the Ninja Tune record label, is a member of a loose collective of artists, writers, musicians and film-makers in Liverpool, and she has recently been featured on the influential illustration blog, 'A Journey Round My Skull.' She is also featured in the Autumn/Winter 2010 issue of the Art Journal File, and several of Penny's illustrations were recently used to accompany the work in the Swedish literary journal Subaltern. She has been w