Born in Cambodia in 1968, Sokquon Tran arrived as a refugee in Australia in 1978. His imaginary landscapes are serene, beautiful and atmospheric. They are blank screens that encourage a meditative response in the viewer. They are also minimalist landscapes in which tiny amounts of visual information take on a disproportionate significance. Beneath a huge, cloudy sky we see the dark forms of a landscape and a few tantalising glimpses of light. We recognise that somewhere, on or beyond the far horizon, there are people with homes and cars, full but unknowable lives. That bare suggestion of everyday life adds an important dimension to these paintings, removing them from the realm of abstraction. Through the veils of mist and shadow we search unceasingly for that small, transcendental glow