John Peart 'Apparitions VIII' animals

John Peart 'Apparitions VIII' animalsJohn Peart is one of Australias foremost abstract artists. Inspired by the landscape, his works are meditative, revered for their use of colour, richly textured surfaces, and internal coherence. He spent his career questing for new ways of seeing; The riddle is how to plan to surprise yourself, he once mused. The delicate monograph Apparitions VIII is closely related to Pearts paintings of the time. It teems with his philosophical approach to

His work evokes ideas that are artistic

laiden with a European sensibility

'Bouquet Butterfly' 1988

stating “time and gravity can change with the swish of a brush”

frighteningly realistic

Peter Kingston gives life and line to the Australian bush

transforms into a lucid dream

Blackman’s images ask us to apprehend through emotion as much as through looking

Dimensions: 120 x 80 cm

bumped and scratched up

Like memory itself

Dimensions: 76 x 57 cm