“I use the inherent qualities of paint to visualise disparate energies. Melding together luminous calm expanses of colour with the free and less predictable nature of gestural mark making. To me painting has a mysterious dynamism, which I seek to ruffle with contradictory energies” (Penelope Civil)
P Civil, Untitled, August 2020,
Acrylic, oil and spray paint on unstretched canvas (cropped image)
128cm x 160cm