PENELOPE DULLAGHAN
So far Penelope Dullaghan has been illustrating full-time for only a few years. They do say that the first few years are the hardest, though, and Penelope hopes they're right.

During her ongoing efforts to, um, go on, she has learned much about persistence, dedication, and how much she loves the process of making art. (Conclusion: quite a bit.)

Penelope has used these realizations to stoke not only the fiery furnace of her own creativity, but innumerable furnaces worldwide, through her online expression portal/participatory art exhibit, Illustration Friday. I-Fri, originally quite modest, now boasts more than half-a-million hits per month and around a thousand participants each week.

That's a lot.

Also generous in the numerical department are Penelope's clients, who range from a lady who bakes organic cookies to United Airlines, which, you know, flies all around everywhere. Each job gets her best work, though, regardless of size, because Penelope has a reputation to consider. (Sometimes only having been in the business a few years is a good thing.)


For more info on Penelope, check out these articles:
Design Inspiration Interview
Design Sessions Essay
Asthmatic Kitty Records - art review
Sparks 49 Interview
Audio Interview with Iconic
Surviving, an essay on creative and professional lives for Danny Gregory
Art Beat Street Interview
Monica Lee Studio Interview
Write up for "30 Under 30 Innovators in the Arts"
Dream! Interview

SELECTED CLIENTS
Target, NYT, NYT Book Review, United Airlines, LA Times Book Review, AARP, Runner's World, SF Chronicle, Portland Monthly, Town & Country Travel, Baltimore Magazine, Portland Monthly, Yoga Journal, Baltimore Sun, Young & Laramore Advertising, Saatchi & Saatchi, American Greetings, Loyola Press, UK's Woman & Home, Duncan Baird Publishing

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Communication Arts, 48- July 2007
Society of Illustrators 49 - 2007
3x3 Pro-Show 3 Awards Annual - January 2007
Communication Arts, 46- July 2006
Lurzer's Archive - Vol. 6 - 2005
Society of Illustrators LA - 2006
3x3 Pro-Show 2 Awards Annual - January 2006
3x3 Magazine - November 2005
Dress for Success Artist of the Year 2005
Portfolios.com Gold - Editorial 2005

EXHIBITIONS
2007
Feb 10 - Deja Design Gallery, LA CA
May 5 - Art Stream Studio, Rochester, NH
Sept 7 - Harrison Center, Indianapolis IN

2006
Feb 3 - Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
March 4 - "$3 Pancake" - Pr1mary Space Gallery, Detroit MI
April 14 - "Blur the Line", Munce Art Center, Zionsville, IN

2005
Wheeler Arts Community Show, Indianapolis, IN
"They Way We Saw It", Munce Art Center, Zionsville, IN
"Soon and Very Soon", Renowned, Portland, OR
"Wish You Were Here", Pr1mary Space Gallery, Detroit MI
"Lunch", Galerie Penumbra, Indianapolis, IN