Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

Combining historical and contemporary oil painting techniques Penelope creates striking images that explore the nature of opposites.
The calm meets the chaotic, the premeditated is interrupted by the spontaneous and the past coexists alongside the present. Realism and abstraction are merged in new and harmonious compositions.
These “beautiful imperfections” take inspiration from eroding frescoes, peeling billboards and crumbling classical sculptures. Penelope strives to emulate the accidental aesthetic that the uninhibited hand of nature and time achieves.
Employing a wet on wet technique of painting Penelope uses a palette knife and brushwork
to fully exploit the pliable and gooey viscosity of her medium. Her aim is to elicit a visceral response from the viewer through the dynamism of her mark making and use of vibrant colour.