Author: Chris Wells

Here is a small selection from the Full Moon Landscape series painted by Mark Pearse.

I cannot recall any other Australian painter who has so deliberately  explored the effect of Full Moon light on landscape – and on the observer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Pearse (1941 – 2019).

Potter, Wood and Clay Sculptor, Painter, Musician, Teacher, Man of Letters.

Seeker.

Loyal friend and mentor.

Forever chopping wood and carting water.

In my view, one of the finest Australian landscape painters of his generation.

 

 

 

….in search of a purpose.

 

 

 

….Some work of noble note, may yet be done….

 

Fashioned from an old post: certainly a eucalypt, possibly Pink Gum.  A tough wood to carve, but worth the effort: it takes a lovely, soft burnish.

Sam and I went beachcombing after the recent storms, and came across many small treasures….

 

My thanks to Simon Scott for his indispensable help with the installation of our wood heater. I acted as apprentice for the day, and was pleased to learn a little about this esoteric branch of knowledge. The heater makes a welcome difference – radiating a warmth that I would call comfortable, rather than oppressive….or soporific.