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 is masterful in its form, depicting the silhouette of figures in a grey wash. Ambiguous and utterly still, a sense of drama percolates – what action is poised to occur? Who are these figures?

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 - )
'INK DRAWING # 23' 2010
ink on paper
Image Size: 10 x 22 cm
Dimensions: 14 x 26 cm
Signed: Signed MPeck 'INK DRAWING # 23' 2010 lower right margin.
Comes with Letter of Provenance
Condition of the work is very good. There are small pin holes on the outside of each corner margin.
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