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Marek Herburt was born in 1954 in Lodz, Poland. Marek’s interest in painting began in the family home when he was about eight years old. His father, an architect, instructed and encouraged him.

 

Since migrating to Australia in 1982 Marek has continued to explore the world around him in pictorial form. Through experimentation with watercolour, Marek was primarily interested in very colourful abstracted landscapes. In 1984 he started work on large non-representational images, working mainly with acrylic. Over the years this work has remained his central artistic pursuit. 

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With the increasing formalism of his work Marek deliberately uses a limited range of colours. Permeating his artistic pursuit is the ongoing fascination with light and the effect it has on colour and form. His work increasingly reflects an awareness of the Australian light on the environment. Here, colours are interacting with each other and the interactions in the spaces between forms are as important as the forms themselves. Charming in dynamic design and with a variety of colours depending on the time of the day or season, Eucalyptus trees have become central themes in many of his paintings. Wandering throughout South Australia, Marek notices these trees are in every corner, along stretched highways, in small streets and in undisturbed hiding spots around his house.