Ron Harbeck 'Sanctuary from the Storm' the field revisited

Ron Harbeck 'Sanctuary from the Storm' the field revisitedRon Harbecks work is dreamlike. Washed in pastel light, he envisions a peaceful dock dotted with boats. So glassy is the water that the boats reflections streak straight down, creating a hypnotic illusion. In title and atmosphere, Harbeck evokes the bliss of relief after turmoil. Harbeck is an accomplished printmaker. For connoisseurs of prints and seaside scenes, Sanctuary from the Storm is a mesmerising find. Ron HARBECK (1921 1997) 'Sanctuary from

the Australian sublime and spent ambition – abandoned service stations

Edition: AP1Image Size: 86 x 115 cmDimensions: 100 x 125 cmSigned: Signed and editioned in margin

Interested in the gothic

His subject

lips and a hand

Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

forcing the viewer to raise their eyes to where the setting sun and urban pollution tinge the clouds yellow

It became a fertile ground for Charles Blackman's imagination and spawned a number of celebrated paintings

to be eaten or rot

'Angel Solo Harmony' 2003

and is represented across public collections including at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

stimuli and ideas that constitute the ocean