Robert Malherbe in Artist Profile
Robert Malherbe is featured in the current issue (Issue #37) of Artist Profile.
Writer Judith Pugh visited Robert's Sydney studio and discusses the origins of his painting practice and the continuing journey.
'still life is usually tranquility; sheen on a solid vase against delicate translucent petals; perhaps a witty conjunction of objects. Robert's objects are still, but somehow immediate. They're still, but they're alive ... And that's characteristic of his figures. They, too, are about to move, to stretch, have just sat down. Poised not posed'