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Portrait painter based in East London. Worked as a printed textile designer for 20 years. Full time mum/ carer at home.

East London
Joined March 2010
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Please sign and share 🙏 Establish ARFID eating disorder support in Tower Hamlets - Sign the Petition! c.org/MWmr7RKgKQ via @UKChange
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Establish ARFID eating disorder support in Tower Hamlets - Sign the Petition! c.org/MWmr7RKgKQ via @UKChange Please help me to get to at least 200 signatures 🙏. Honestly I would be so grateful. I want to show to CAMHS as they do not have this service at all. Thank you
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Please help me by signing this petition, thank you... - Thea Penna - Portrait Painter theapenna.co.uk/1/post/2025/…
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Trying to get this to 1000! Please help by signing and sharing… 🙏 This is so important to me as my Son is at this SEN school after fighting so hard to get a space X c.org/zxw9bWz96x
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Please sign and share 🙏 This is very close to my heart Petition- Expand specialised school provision for autistic children in tower hamlets - London, United Kingdom · Change.org change.org/p/expand-speciali…
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GIVEAWAY! My pinned tweet is a petition that's very close to my heart. As a shameless way to push it for more signatures, I'll choose someone at random who has signed and retweeted it & send them this stunning Rare & Unusual Cheese Selection from the best cheese shop in the UK
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Twitter, I need your help! Tower Hamlets has a critical shortage of specialist school places for children with autism. I would like to urge local leaders to expand provision now. ​Please can you take 30 seconds to sign & share this petition: c.org/8Y6QbwjgWb
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‘Baba and Edward’ Oil on Canvas, 16” x 20” (2025) - Thea Penna - Portrait Painter theapenna.co.uk/1/post/2025/…
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❄️ The Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (#SWEP) has been activated to bring people rough sleeping inside. 📱 If you see someone sleeping rough in #TowerHamlets, report their location to @StreetLink_ here: orlo.uk/N0Pvb
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The Never Forgotten Snowman - Thea Penna - Portrait Painter theapenna.co.uk/1/post/2024/…
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‘The entrance to Bethnal Green Park’ (from Roman Road E2) 24cm x 30cm. Oil on Canvas board. This is another regular walk of ours, Bethnal Green Library is just behind the far trees.
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The Church of St Dunstan (Oranges and Lemons, The Bells of Stepney) 24cm x 30cm, Oil on Canvas Board. I painted this beautiful church as I have always sang ‘Oranges and Lemons’ to my children, and this is the church where ‘The bells of Stepney’ in the lyrics comes from 🍊 🍋
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‘A Cherry Blossom Tree in the East End’ 10” x 12” Oil on canvas panel. I purely painted this because when blossom trees appear it just makes me happy and my family. I am sure we are not the only ones 🌸…
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‘The Lovely Lake’ which is actually very small, right next to ‘The Ecology Pavilion’ in Mile End Park. 10” x 12” Oil on canvas panel. It’s a regular walking route for us and is such a peaceful spot in Tower Hamlets and so beautiful.
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‘An Autumn Tree in E1’ 10” x 12” Oil on canvas panel. A very local street to us, where the trees are so beautiful 🍂
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‘Bow Road’ 10” x 12” Oil on canvas panel. I was inspired to paint this walking to my Sons school last autumn when a beautiful rainbow appeared in the rain 🍂.
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