“The connection of all my animals to my artwork is that I am constantly observing their actions, their personalities, and their anatomy. This allows me to capture their beauty and spirit when sculpting.”

Tammy Lynne Penn is a highly respected museum artist with over thirty years of capturing the spirit, strength, and beauty of animals with her breathtaking sculptures.

Tammy grew up in Colorado on a farm originally homesteaded by her family in 1872. Animals were an integral part of Tammy’s life from the beginning. Horses, cattle, dogs, cats, birds, and more captured young Tammy’s heart; inspiring her to begin drawing horses at age four. Her drawings grew into sculpting with kiln-fired clay soon thereafter.

As Tammy’s sculpting experience grew, she became a respected Western Raku artist. Raku dates to the 1500’s when Zen Buddhist Masters used the process to make their ceremonial teaware. Tammy used western-style raku ceramics to create beautiful mixed media animals, such as blending ceramics with silver or stone. In 1968 Tammy found her creative home with the creation of her first bronze sculpture.

Today Tammy owns six horses, two dogs, two cats, an owl, a hawk, a falcon, and a longhorn steer named Gus (named after her great grandfather Gustav). She says, “the connection of all my animals to my artwork is that I am constantly observing their actions, their personalities, and their anatomy. This allows me to capture their beauty and spirit when sculpting.” Tammy’s body of work is on a grand scale, from miniature to monumental. Her cast bronze sculptures evoke a myriad of emotions, from the tenderness of a newborn colt to the playfulness of a young goat. When you look at her artwork you experience love, happiness, and laughter. Other pieces induce feelings of strength, determination, and vulnerability, as well as moments where you find yourself saying ‘awww’. Tammy’s art will move you.

Today, Tammy and her husband Hunter live in Texas on their “little slice of heaven” with all their animals.

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You will find Tammy’s art in private and corporate collections and museums throughout the United States, Europe and Japan.

Awards and Museums:

Red River Valley Museum International Art Show, Best of Show

American Women Artist’s Competition, Second Place Sculpture

American Women Artist’s 15th Annual Show, Award of Merit

Honorable Mention, Horses in Art magazine cover competition

Spring Foal Crop awarded; Fall 2011 issue

Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX

41st Annual 2011 Women Artists of the West national juried exhibition; Award of Merit Bull Rush

8th Place Ex Arte Equinus 4 International Art Show, Abundance

9th Place Ex Arte Equinus 4 International Art Show, The Dun

Office of the Mayor, Longmont, CO, Mayor’s Community Positive Impact Award

Abundance donated to Chino, Japan, Longmont’s Sister City

AKC Museum of the Dog, Springfield, MO

Keeping the Peace donated to Police K-9 collection

Olaf Wieghorst Museum, El Cajon, CA

Three-Dimensional Jury Choice Award, Market Forces

40th Annual Women Artists of the West National Juried Show

Coliseum, Wichita, KS

Best in Show, Little Diva; 1st Place Sculpture and 1st Place Toy Dog Category

Awarded Juror Position for 24th Annual Art Show at the Dog Show in 2010

23rd Annual Juried Art Show at the Dog Show

Saks Gallery, Denver, CO

1st Place Three-Dimensional Art awarded by Southwest Art Magazine, Little Diva

1st Place Juror’s Choice, Market Forces, Women Artists of the West Juried Show

Celtic Art Show, Denver, CO

1st Place, Best in Show All Mediums, Shapeshifter, Celtic Art Show

Geese Galore!, Longmont, CO

1st Place in “Geese Galore” project, Barley Goddess

People’s Choice, Barley Goddess

Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale, WY

Vanishing Breed added to permanent collection

Boulder Creek Festival, Boulder, CO

Best Sculpture, Boulder Creek Festival Fine Art Show

Boulder County Fair, Longmont CO

1st Place Sculpture, Horse Goddess, People’s Choice Award, Horse Goddess

Denver Expo, Denver CO

1st Place Sculpture, Stoneware Horse Vessel, Rocky Mountain Horse Expo

Twin Peaks Mall, Longmont CO

1st Place Sculpture, “Horse Trio”, Longmont Artist Guild Spring Show

Professional Associations:

National Sculpture Society, Associate Member

Women Artists of the West, Associate Member

American Women Artists, Associate Member

Society of Animal Artists, Associate Member

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Full Member

American Academy of Equine Art, Elected Associate Member