Barry Mackie
Barry has been painting for 35 years and has participated in many exhibitions and won several awards for his work. He paints mainly in oil but also enjoys mixed media, pastel and charcoal.
He has paintings in private collections in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia as well as overseas in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and China.
The majority of his training was undertaken at Adelaide Central Art School but he also studied privately with several well-known South Australian artists.
Barry works from his studio in Mount Barker where he also conducts oil painting classes for beginners.
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Vicki Brown
An obsessive oil painter since meeting Barry Mackie. Vicki’s background was in business advising across the region with hobbies of photography and community volunteering .
Now living in Albany but still feeling like a citizen of the Great Southern, Vicki likes nothing better than painting our regions bird life.
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Lucas Holleman
My name is Lucas Holleman and I am of Dutch origin, but have
long been a confirmed Australian! After my retirement, my wife and I moved to Mount Barker in 2014, something we had wanted to do for a long time.
Once we completed extensive renovations on our 100-year old home and reviving a neglected garden during these last few years, I enrolled in oil painting classes, as I always like to draw and had an interest in art.
My current collection consists of a variety of subjects as I don’t like painting the same thing over and over, but like the challenge of trying different scenes.
I hope you like what I’ve achieved so far.
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Colin Rawluk
My name is Colin Rawluk,born in a mining town in England, moving to Australia in 1985 working as a cabinet maker.On retirement decided to pick up a paintbrush and joined a group called Artists In Oil where I was taught by a well known artist Barry Mackie.My two main subjects are Floral and Australian Outback I find oil paint really captures those amazing colours and textures, I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoy painting them.
Ellie Cameron
Ellie has lived most of her life as a resident of the South-West of Western Australia. Her beautiful surrounds have influenced her subject matter and her art captures the tension between light and dark and creation and decay.
Ellie is a member of the Australian Society of Marine Artists and has participated in many successful exhibitions. She has paintings in private collections in many states of Australia as well as overseas. Ellie paints in oil and pastel, and although principally self-taught, is grateful to her mentors who encouraged her to take risks and be bold with her mediums of choice.
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Kelly Logan
An emerging oil painting artist with deep roots in the Great Southern and South West of WA. Kelly is currently exporing different styles and techniques though loves to paint Mountain Country as well as Yallingup.
Always loving to create, over the years Kelly has worked in many different mediums, from Waldorf Arts & Crafts to Website Design, Graphic Design & Photography.
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Michelle Stanley
Michelle has been painting for several years, inspired by Barry's classes and a love of the arts and environment.
"Having worked as a photograper for many years, I think that way of seeing, of 'capturing the moment', sometimes translates to the way I paint. It's always a learning process, evolving, exploring, drawing on memory and emotion, trying new things, that's what I love about painting ....
.... and those rare and wonderful moments, where one is totally immersed in the process.
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