Geoff McKenzie

 

Geoff L. McKenzie

1936 -

 

Geoff McKenzie is an Australian post-war & contemporary artist, born in Benalla, Victoria.  Even when quite young his leisure hours were filled with drawing and painting and as a teenager he wandered the bushland.

 

Working in traditional oils, with an innate sense of colour and a rich pallette, McKenzie perfectly captures the Australian outback (its characters, bush race meetings, horses and wagons).  He is renowned for his ability to capture colour, light and movement in his portrayal of the Australian bush.

 

McKenzie’s paintings are lavishly rendered with confident, brushstrokes and fine subtle lines in an array of colours and generously applied paint.  There is a spontaneity, freshness and contemporary air to his artworks that make them instantly recognisable.  More recently McKenzie has become well known for his series of paintings of bush race meetings.  The Birdsville Races are portrayed as a richly textured world of colour with an intimacy between the characters and the horses, juxtaposed against the awe-inspiring vastness of the landscape.

 

Today, McKenzie’s rich impressions of the Australian landscape (particularly the bush and its people) have become much sought after by art lovers and investors throughout Australia and hang in private collections around the world including, Amsterdam, New York, Tokyo, Germany and the U.K.  He travels every year with his wife, artist Allison Shaw, searching for new subject matter and inspiration in his beloved Australian bush, absorbing the atmosphere and sketching wherever possible.

 

 

 

Galleries

Bluechip Investment Art Galleries - Mooloolaba

Parthenon Galleries - Melbourne, Vic

Rainbird Gallery - Montville. Qld
Sale Regional Gallery - Sale, Vic
Armidale Regional Gallery - Armidale, NSW
Red Hill Gallery - Brisbane, Qld
Grapevine Gallery - Noosa, Qld
White Patch Gallery - Bribie Island, Qld
Park House Gallery - Toowoomba. Qld
Lighthouse Gallery - Noosa, Qld
Moree Gallery - Moree, NSW
Beachside Gallery - Noosa, Qld, NSW
Blue Iris Gallery - Palmwoods, Qld
Bandamora Gallery - Mittagong, NSW
Blue Marble Gallery - Buderim, Qld
Galloway Galleries - Brisbane, Qld
Gallery "R" - Mooloolaba, Qld
Hastings St. Gallery - Noosa, Qld
Blue Marble Gallery - Maroochydore, Qld
Balmoral Galleries – Geelong, Vic
Bruce Watling Gallery - Geelong, Vic
Top Spot Gallery - Noosa Qld
Burleigh Heads Gallery - Burleigh, Qld
Barry's Gallery - Surfer's Paradise, Qld
Wayford Gallery - Tamborine, Qld
The Salo Gallery - Surfer's Paradise, Qld
Duvance gallery - Melbourne, Vic
Portarlington Gallery - Port Arlington, Vic
Hobson's Choice Gallery - Queenscliff, Vic
Dabbles On Days Gallery - Brisbane, Qld
Art Plus gallery - Brisbane, Qld
Manly Gallery - Brisbane, Qld
Tom Silver Gallery - Melbourne, Vic
Beta Gallery - Caloundra, Qld
Caloundra Fine Art Gallery - Caloundra, Qld
Victorian Artists' Society - Melbourne, Vic
Mezzanine Gallery - Brisbane, Qld
Sale Regional Gallery - Sale, Vic
Armidale Regional Gallery - Armidale, NSW
Lanigan Abbey, Gundagai, NSW
David Hart Galleries, Mooloolaba and Noosa Heads, Qld
Lasting Impressions Gallery – Kenilworth, Qld
Kimberley Gallery - Brisbane, Qld
Mitchell Gallery - Maleny, Qld

 

Exhibitions

1994 Red Hill Gallery,  Brisbane, Qld (group exhibition)
1993 Blue Marble Gallery,  Maroochydore, Qld (joint exhibition)
1991 Montville Gallery , Montville, Qld (joint exhibition)
1987 Top Spot Galler, –Noosaville, Qld (joint exhibition)
1977 Balmoral Art Galleries Geelong, Vic (joint exhibition)
1973 Sale Regional Gallery , Sale, Vic (joint exhibition)
1972 Armidale Regional Gallery , Armidale, NSW (joint exhibition)