John Peart is one of Australia’s 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”.

The delicate monograph ‘Apparition II’ is closely related to Peart’s paintings of the time. It teems with his philosophical approach to landscape, an approach grounded in internal feelings over exact topographies. His practice is a visual mantra, a resonance repeated until the viewer feels centred, engaged and at peace — as one critic reflected, “Peart’s life is a spiritual quest; painting is a process of ‘becoming’ through aesthetic perception”.

Peart’s importance in the evolution of Australian abstraction has been recognised by numerous awards and prizes, inclusion in important survey exhibitions, and acquisition by the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, as well as other notable public, corporate and private collections in Australia and abroad.

‘Apparition II’ will enliven collections of monographs, important works on paper and abstract art.

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John PEART (1945 - 2013)
'Apparition II' 1986
monotype print, unique edition
Image Size: 48 x 83 cm
Dimensions: 56 x 90 cm
Signed: Signed, dated, and titled in margin in pencil below image: REFLECTIONS VI PEART 86
Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition: Very Good: Describes a work of art’s image As New, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to paint surface. Image is in Fine condition.

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