“A creator of quietly contemplative works, Michael Peck’s tranquil and atmospheric landscapes offer an enchanting escape for the viewer. There is a timeless quality to Peck’s work. In the finely detailed rendering of human figures, delicate birds, running streams, secluded woodlands and soaring mountains, the viewer feels that time has frozen, forever captured in this fleeting moment. It is this sense of suspension in Peck’s art, of balance between the real and not real, that is so captivating”.

Extract From the Essay Sanctuary by Maggie Watson, 2014.