Penelope Oates
Penelope has had an extensive and varied career in the arts spanning a period of some 20 years. She completed a degree in Fine Arts in Sydney at COFA at a young age which was followed shortly by a degree in Stage and Costume design which she completed at the highly prestigious acting school, NIDA. She worked for several years through to her thirties in Sydney as a designer, concept illustrator and model maker before finally completing a Diploma of Teaching in Visual Arts which has allowed her to finance her foray into her own art practice. Today Penelope works from her studio on a rural property in rural NSW, where she lives with her furniture designer/maker husband Darren Oates and two rescue dogs. Most of her visual stimulus comes from the surrounding bushland of the lower blue mountains and wider Hawkesbury area.
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By email: frances@franceskeevil.com.au
or by phone: +61 411 821 550
“My distinctive hybrid style of drawing is with a soldering iron combined with coloured inks and acrylics, and one that I have developed over many years. The process of gently etching and re-etching into the painted surface nicely mirrors the marks left in nature with its natural process of decay and renewal. Both memory and direct experience of the landscape come into play when considering a work. I am eternally drawn to the mystical, timelessness of Australian gums set amongst rocky terrain under a cloak of meandering mist… this is what captures my attention’ Art does, however, need an audience to give it meaning and context and it is every artist’s joy when that connection is made between the viewer and their work of art.”
Available Artworks
Inhale, Exhale No. 3 ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 80 x 80 cm $ 3,800
The Escarpment ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 60 x 120 cm $ 4,000
The Clearing ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 82 x 82 cm $ 3,900
Shadow Trees ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 62 cm diameter (white frame) $ 2,900
The Gully acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board 120 x 40 cm $ 3,500
Taking a Moment ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 100 cm (diameter) $ 4,500
Mist Settling ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 120 x 120 cm $ 5,000
Ngurra Echoes ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 122 x 60 cm (diptych) $ 5,000
Artist Showcase
A representative selection of artworks no longer available
Grose Valley Gums ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 100 X 100 cm
Murray River Dreaming ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board, framed in oak 110 x 80 cm
Inhale, Exhale No. 2 ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 80 x 80cm
Balancing Act ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 100 cm diameter
Pink Sky and Tall Gums ink, acrylic, heated soldering iron on board 42 x 42 cm (framed)
The Heat is On ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board 100 cm diameter