PENELOPE OATES | ETCHED THROUGH TIME
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - Sunday, September 22, 2024
Frances Keevil at Studio W - 6 Bourke Street, Woolloomooloo Wed - Sun, 11 am - 5 pm
Join us at the opening on
SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER, 4 - 6PM
The title of this exhibition resonates strongly with me as it points to the natural cycles of nature where we can observe marks and traces of flora and fauna over time. This repetition of mark making is one that is built into my own artmaking practice whereby the layering of etched lines builds the essence of landscape from beginning to end.
This new body of work celebrates the many years I have been developing and refining my practice with the use of a soldering iron as my main mark making tool. The use of the tool has allowed me to discover and create my own visual language which consists of a hybrid mix of painting and drawing. The painted surface provides the necessary background and colouration for me to gently etch and re-etch into its surface to build both depth and detail for my landscape images.
Penelope Oates
Etched Through Time
ink, acrylic, and soldering iron on board
150 cm diameter
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Out Yonder, Cooma NSW
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
82 cm diameter
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Sepia Dreams
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
62 cm diameter
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Gums n Rocks
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
30 cm diameter
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Warmer Days
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
30 cm diameter
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Gums Shrouded in Mist
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
40 x 120 cm
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Sentinels of the Bush I
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
54 x 24 cm
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Sentinels of the Bush II
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
54 x 24 cm
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Gundagai Mist
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
40 x 120 cm
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Murray River Dreaming
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
109 x 80 cm
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Hidden Gem
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
120 x 40 cm
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Cobalt Sky
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
42 x 42 cm
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Bush Reverie
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
42 x 42 cm
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River of Time
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
70 x 82 cm
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The Trail
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
42 x 42 cm
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Remnants of the Heat
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
100 x 60 cm
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Summer Gums
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
130 x 80 cm
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Tapestry of Trees
acrylic, ink, and soldering iron on board
120 x 70 cm