Peter Hackett
The End of the Honeymoon II
Oil on Canvas
1310 x 1490 mm
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A field of colour; wild, untamed, and exuding vibrancy. Peter Hackett’s ‘The End of the Honeymoon II’ is an exuberant expression of nature unrestrained. Hackett invites the viewer to linger within a seemingly endless field of colour, where thick flourishes of vivid oil paint, applied with precision, become a rich tapestry of joyful dynamism.
Layer upon layer of colour pulses with energy; fiery oranges, luminous purples, and the brilliant whites dancing across the canvas. Hackett’s distinctive impasto technique gives the surface a tactile richness, the expansive composition evokes wonder and a sense that this could be a love letter to nature, generous, romantic, and immersive.
Artist Bio
Working in thick impasto oils, contemporary painter Peter Hackett creates immersive landscapes, presenting to the viewer’s eye his sublime vision of nature’s incomparable beauty.
The sculptural quality of Hackett’s diverse and vibrant palette, applied instinctively with paint-laden brushes and palette knives, unveils the alluring sense that his work is as much about the material as it is about the subject. Paired with the large scale of the works, an atmosphere of immediacy and intimacy is created, allowing us to lose ourselves further within the joyful, visceral qualities of these intoxicating paintings. Hackett says, “I am not just using oil paint to describe a meadow; I am using a meadow to describe oil paint.”