The M25

is what Rob Maclaurin refers to as his route to work ... it is actually a beautifully peaceful pathway up the garden to his amazing studio on Hoopers Road in the bush near Chewton, Castlemaine, Victoria. ... What a wonderful situation he and his family have here, isolated but near friends and within striking distance of the all important fishing. Rob, Jean, Angus and Rosie love the peace, natural environment and friendship offered so generously by many who live in the area. His landscapes in oil on linen capture the soul of Australia and record silence, colour and scale like no other ... his plein air work has a freshness and energy about it and along with his larger works tell the story of a wide range of remote parts of Australia. Rob works extremely hard to maintain his practice and to be true to the beliefs and traditions he established whilst at Edinburgh College of Art. The successful life he has created for himself and his family are testament to hard work and determination to live here after winning a Sir Robert Menzies Fellowship in 1995/6 to the Dunmoonchin Foundation Studio Residency. Rob is represented in Europe by Osborne Samuel, London and by Axia Modern Art in Melbourne.