"In my next life I think I will be flying big jets or perhaps framing houses... or possibly redesigning vacuum cleaners and car interiors. Truth is, I enjoy thinking big and being inspired and making things come together." -- Penny Paine Penny was born and raised in London, attended Goldsmith’s College, University of London, in the early ‘60s and was one of first seventeen women to receive a degree specializing in fine art embroidery, which led, of all places, to a job with one of London’s largest and most prestigious stockbrokers!
The following years can only be described as colorful. In 1972, she met her late husband John who persuaded her to join him in California. They had a long and eventful life together and Penny owes much of her success to him, not to mention a big family. She has three stepchildren (two sons and a daughter) and three sons, as well as three stepgrandsons, one granddaughter and an English Springer Spaniel, Reilly, who lives in style in Santa Fe. Today Penny divides her time between Santa Barbara and London. When not involved in one of the various pursuits below, she loves tending to her garden, admiring good architecture, or art in any form, writing, decorating and sharing time with friends and family.
