Peter Hickey @ A Long Way From Home

Australian Peter Hickey is a painter of exotic animals par excellence. He has produced a total of 16 unbelievably realistic paintings executed with extreme detail.The photorealistic qualities of Peter’s oil paintings makes you jump. His animals are proud masters of their world. The stern look - one waits for the eyes to blink - the quiver of the whiskers, the softness of his horses nozzles, the details of the fur/or feathers are to be seen to be believed. Hickey captures the various animals’ unique qualities, characters and most importantly their soul and makes this possible by incorporating ‘subtractive’ techniques normally exclusive to printmaking – the removal of paint from the canvas whereas normally the image is obtained whilst applying the paint. He attributes his painting in monochrome (usually a warm black) to his early years as a press artist where all artwork was in black and white.  Years of drawing at Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo and the Western Plains Zoo provides material for the artist’s work.

Hickey will have his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong from 17th October - 6th November 2012. Details, please visit www.karinwebergallery.com