Australian contemporary artist Michael Peck’s visual world is bracingly intimate. He places figures, landscapes and still lifes in total stillness, conjuring a sense of mystery, remoteness and unease that speaks to the conditions of a postmodern world. Beneath mass media, the individual grows atomised and detached from their culture – a lone subject in a wintery landscape.

This work is an original watercolour. It depicts the outline of a floral, rendered so delicately that it feels as though it could slip through the paper. There is an enigmatic significance to this still life – a memory or future moment destined to play out in its presence. Without offering answers, Peck leaves the viewer to forge their own meanings.

Peck is a highly collectable artist. In 1998 he won the National Gallery of Victoria’s Trustees Award, was a finalist in 2010 Dobell Drawing Prize, the 2005 Metro Art Award and the 2013 and 2014 Sulman Prize. Represented at the National Portrait Gallery and at Monash University, his work is a compelling find for collectors of contemporary and figurative art.

Michael PECK (1977 - )
'A Notion of Sanctuary #12' 2014
ink on paper
Image Size: 17 x 17 cm
Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm
Signed: Signed -'A Notion of Sanctuary #12' MPeck 2014- in lower margin.
Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition: Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as Excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to paper or frame. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to the paint surface.

(c) The Artist or Assignee