Author name: Penny Hetherington
It was my husband's interest in Genealogy that first inspired me to create paintings around Australian history. While researching a small part of my family tree, my husband discovered convicts lurked in my family's past and that really intrigued me. This was enough to spark me into me into wanting to learn more about the lives of convicts and how they came to be here in this strange land of Australia. As my research continued, I soon came across bushrangers such as Jacky Jacky, Jimmy Governor, Ned Kelly, Captain Thunderbolt and Captain Moonlite. To record my new learnings , I began to paint, sketch, screen print my ideas as works of art. I have always been an artist who has been inspired by the human spirit. I find their stories to be worth illustrating..