Jeffrey Makin is recognised as one of Australia’s leading landscape artists. With a particular interest in Victoria, his work explores the picturesque and sublime in nature, terms which hold particular resonance in art history. The picturesque describes an ideal landscape in art – those that are beautiful but retain flashes of wilderness. The sublime landscape rouses intense emotion, awe as it teeters towards fear.

‘Hanging Rock – Morning’ is a glorious painting of the iconic Victorian rock formation, Hanging Rock. Made famous by the 1967 Joan Lindsay book, Picture at Hanging Rock, and subsequent 1975 film, Hanging Rock is both picturesque and sublime, emblematic of the Australian gothic. Operatic, vast and haunted by the histories of the outback, Makin remakes the landmark as a site of visual splendour washed in buttercup light.

Makin is represented across national, state and most regional collections, including at the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and Parliament House. For collectors of contemporary landscapes or explorers of Hanging Rock, this oil painting is a captivating and collectable find.

Jeffrey MAKIN (1943 - )
'Hanging Rock – Morning' 2006
Oil on canvas
Image Size: 60 x 60 cm
Dimensions: 63 x 63 x 5 cm
Signed: Signed lower right; titled and dated on verso.
Comes with Letter of Provenance
 
James Makin Gallery sticker on verso.
 
Condition: Excellent
 
(c) The Artist or Assignee