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 a child holding a gun and looking away from the viewer. Despite its stillness, a sense of drama percolates – what action is at risk of occuring? In 2012, Peck was a finalist in the Archibald Prize for a portrait of his son in a soldier’s costume. Despite their relative remoteness from conflict, he wondered why children are perennially drawn to war games.

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 - )
'Hunting' 2013
ink on paper
Image Size: 30 x 26 cm
Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm
Signed: Signed -MPeck 'HUNTING' - LOVE & FEAR - 2013 -
Comes with Letter of Provenance
Condition:Excellent:
(c) The Artist or Assignee