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 a figure aiming a rifle at two soldiers, war planes soaring overhead. From his ‘Landing’ series, this work is a response to World War II, in which both of Peck’s grandfathers served. When they passed within the same month in 2010, the artist was compelled to consider how little he knew of their lives, of their experiences in the midst of war.

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 #40 For the Landing' 2011
ink on paper
Image Size: 35 x 35 cm
Dimensions: 35 x 35 cm
Signed: Signed INK DRAWING # 40 FOR 'THE LANDING' MPeck 2011 in lower right margin.
Comes with Letter of Provenance
Image is in excellent condition apart from small pin holes in outer of each margin.
Condition: Very Good 
(c) The Artist or Assignee