Road To Peace, 2025
By: Patricia Heaslip
Origin: Abstract, Landscape
Oil On Canvas 122 x 183 cm
Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
The Path Unfolds: Patricia Heaslip’s Road to Peace
A luminous new masterpiece has arrived at the gallery, a work that feels both timeless and deeply present. Road to Peace, Patricia Heaslip’s latest painting, is a meditation on movement, choice, and the quiet revelations found in the Australian landscape. It is a work that speaks with an unshakable calm—an invitation to embrace the journey ahead with clarity and ease.
Bathed in wheat tones, ochres, and warm golds, Road to Peace carries the essence of the land, its vastness stretching toward a high horizon. There is a profound sense of distance here—an open road stretching forward, whispering of a future unwritten. Yet within this distance, there is reassurance: the way forward is smooth, the obstacles behind mere markers of the road travelled.
Stones, sculpted in layers of rich impasto oil, are scattered like memories—remnants of life’s hurdles, each embedded with depth and texture. They sit with purpose, neither disruptive nor jarring, but rather as reminders of resilience. These are not obstructions, but steps along the way, made softer by time and understanding.
Heaslip’s signature dry-point mark-making is woven throughout, etched into the very fabric of the work, charting a visual narrative of surrender and grace. These marks, deliberate yet organic, suggest a language beyond words—a testament to the power of allowing. The composition’s high horizon reinforces the idea of an unfolding path, a symbolic nod to the miles yet to travel. Above, the sky is open, vast, and filled with light. The atmosphere is one of acceptance, of forward momentum without resistance.
Road to Peace is a painting of quiet strength, an artwork that does not impose but rather soothes, guiding the viewer into a state of contemplation. It is a reminder that sometimes the most natural path—the desert road, sunlit and golden—is indeed the easiest, the one meant to be taken. Patricia Heaslip has once again created a work that lingers in the mind and spirit, a beacon for those seeking clarity and peace in the landscapes of both nature and self.
Size: Medium Paintings
Frame: Unframed
Price Range: $11-$20k
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