Penelope Oates Portfolio

Welcome to my portfolio. I hope you get a sense of what I'm about as an artist, these are just a small snippet of my most recent works. I work with acrylic and ink on board with a heated soldering iron to burn into the painted surface and create a multitude of overlapping marks. If you were to touch the surface of my works you would feel the texture of these carved marks.. I liken the overall effect to that of a tapestry, instead of stitching I'm gently carving.