The ship on which she was traveling, the Skaubryn, caught fire on 1 April 1958, three days out of Colombo on the way to Perth, and passengers evacuated in life boats, watching as it burned, and in her case, with all her possessions.
"[2] Settling in Melbourne, she studied at RMIT from 1960 to 1963 where her work in intaglio and other techniques was recognised, with two etchings included in the important early national touring exhibition 'Australian print survey', organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1963.
Dark, brooding and passionate as ever, they echo oceanic moods and reverberate with the sparse coastal vegetation's harsh struggle with the elements around Cape Bridgewater and west into South Australia's sandy wind-swept Coorong.
The artist, a born naturalist, enjoys a symbiotic relationship with sea and coast a union begun dramatically 40 years ago when the ship Skaubryn, on which she set out for Australia, went down in the Bay of Bengal.
[6] Robert Nelson, though recognising her skilfulness, less understands what is relayed;Imagery of Hertha Kluge-Pott is promising, teeming with vibrant life-forms and detail.
[9] She was the 1996 Judge for the Silk Cut Acquisitive Award, Melbourne and in 2003 was appointed patron at the establishment of ‘Portland Bay Press’ print workshop & studio.