**Title:** Thrive in shadows **Technique:** Digital painting inspired by my oil paintings. **Dimension:** 6000 × 6930 px By **Penelope G.** (aka Penny) **Oh night, thou dark companion of slumber, Why dost thou make my heart quiver At the thought of closing mine eyes and yielding unto thee? Why dost thou make me feel so powerless? Perchance 'tis but because thou knowest Fear and dread thrive in your shadows.** Born in 1990, painter and artisan of wood and clay. In Penelope's portraits those "absent eyes that speak" stand out. Speak of a state of mind, a fragment of memory or a moment with a Fauvist flavour. Inspired by the hypnagogic nocturnal paralysis she suffers from, she portrays the humanoid hallucinations caused by this sleep disorder.