Artist and teacher, born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, who studied at Bournemouth College of Art, 1964–8. His lecturing experience was to include periods at Harrow, Camberwell College of Art and for many years as head of printmaking at Byam Shaw School of Art. Between 1972–9 Penny contributed prints to the RA Summer Exhibition. He moved to East Anglia in 1979, taking up a fellowship at Norwich School of Art. With Ian Welsh and Patrick Jones he was included in the John Brinkley Fellows 1981–2 show at Norwich School Gallery. He also taught at Welsh’s private art school on the Norfolk/Suffolk border and finally with him at Chelsea Art School. Penny’s reputation as a printmaker led to limited-edition etchings from several British and American publishing houses.