Geoff McKenzie

Biography

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)