Bonnie Pennington moved to Alaska’s Kenai peninsula with her family in 1981. After graduating from Soldotna High School, she earned her Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. She returned to her home in Alaska to work in a local art gallery. Bonnie, who now resides in Anchorage, enjoys traveling, photographing, and painting rural Alaska. She has received many awards in juried art exhibitions.