Herman Pekel

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Herman Pekel
Painter- Oils, Watercolour
​Resides - Victoria

Herman Pekel was born to Dutch parents in Melbourne, Victoria in 1956.
   In his youth, art teachers including Roger Webber and Ernest Buckmaster introduced him to the spontaneity of working en plein air and following his intuitions, especially working from the light source. At this stage he worked primarily in oils. However, he painted and exhibited spasmodically until 1981, when he commenced a Fine Arts Degree at RMIT and studied under Dale Hickey and Jeff Makin. Various study tours overseas expanded his practice, allowing him to produce award-winning works in oils, watercolour and gouache.
   Greatly inspired by landscape, be it natural or urban or industrial, Herman paints strong, powerful images of impact reflecting his concerns for the environment.

EXHIBITIONS;
   Herman has exhibited widely across Australia since 1977, both solo and in group showings. He has also exhibited regularly in the USA and by invitation with the National Taiwan Art Institute in a touring exhibition with accompanying book.

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Mist, Glasshouse Mountains - Oil on Canvas - 60x60cm

Noosa National Park - Oil on Canvas - 60x60cm

SELECTED AWARDS;
   1988          Alice Bale Award
   1989          Camberwell Rotary Watercolour Prize
                    Camberwell Rotary Travel Scholarship
   1993          Camberwell Rotary Watercolour Prize
                    Alice Bale Award
   1995          Camberwell Rotary Watercolour Prize
   2004          Camberwell Rotary Best Oil Prize
   2006          Camberwell Rotary Watercolour Prize
 
COLLECTIONS;
  Royal Overseas League, London;  Artbank;  St Kevin’s College, Toorak, Vic;  Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery, Vic;  Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW;  Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW;
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY;
‘Artists & Galleries of Australia’  Max Germaine.
‘120 Years of Watercolourists’  Australian Realist Artists.
‘Australian Impressionist & Realist Artists’  Tom Roberts & Geoff Gaylard.

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