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| Cheryl Pennington was born in
Emporia, Kansas and received her Bachelors Degree from Kansas State Teachers
College. She came to Colorado as a teaching assistant at the
University of Colorado and received her Masters Degree. She taught
Physical Education and coached swimming in both Niwot, Colorado and
Longmont, Colorado. Cheryl moved to the Estes Park area in 1978 and
commuted daily. Upon retiring from the teaching profession, Cheryl began to pursue her interest in black and white photography. She built a dark room and began developing her own pictures and hand coloring them. She uses Marshall oils and pencils to color the photographs. She enjoys scenic and nature photography. Cheryl also re-photographs and prints historic photos from the Northern Colorado front range area. She prints the pictures in black and white and then hand colors the black and white image, with photo oils and pencils. Historically, many black and white photos were hand colored before the advent of color film. Besides photography, Cheryl enjoys in line skating,
skiing, playing with her dogs, Sophie and Koky, and swimming. She presently
volunteers at the Lake Eldora Ski Area and teaches in the Eldora Special
Recreation Program. She also officiates many local swimming meets.
Cheryl's hand colored photos are on display in Estes
Park and Allenspark, Colorado. Her art work is
available for sale at: The Lula W. Dorsey Museum at the YMCA of the Rockies commissioned Cheryl to hand color photos that will appear in an upcoming commemorative book. YMCA of the Rockies- Reflections, Traditions and Vision (written by Jack and Lulabeth Melton) will be released in the Summer of 2006 to celebrate their 100th anniversary (2007). The book will feature over 100 historic hand colored photos representing the growth of the YMCA. Cheryl hand colored 43 of the photographs in Rocky Mountain Rustic a publication of the Rocky Mountain Nature Association. Cheryl will be teaching a seminar on the fine art of hand coloring photographs the 'old fashioned' way. The seminar is September 9, 2006 and will be held at RMNA Seminar Building in Estes Park. Contact Cheryl or Rocky Mountain Nature Association for details. |
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