Still life (Around 1960)

Pekáry's art was most strongly influenced by his childhood experiences, the years spent in the Highlands and Gömör. Serke and its surroundings are the starting point for his painting. In a large proportion of his works, the ornamental rhythm of Hungarian folk art, heightened color and rampant richness of drawings return. Playful fantasy is also an important part of Pekáry's art, which can be seen even in a more restricted genre such as still life. Pinks, reds, greens, cottony whites and translucent blues are a representation of a vast vegetation where everything is of equal value. Pantheistic peace of mind pervades all of Pekáry's painting, and the compulsion to express it is strong and disturbing. Here, too, Pekáry does not strive for a direct reproduction of the sight, the flowers that often return in his still lifes are merely products of his imagination. This is indicated by: the strict image construction, the monotony of the flowers, the color composition that guides the eye, or the order of the entire composition that suggests timelessness.