JEFFERY MAKIN
Jeffrey Makin is arguably Australia’s most respected landscape artist, with his work frequently linked to the plein-air painting of the Heidelberg school in the 19th century and the abstracted contemporary landscapes of Fred Williams in the 1960s.
Makin was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and graduated from the National Art School, Sydney in 1966, and later completed post-graduate research at Deakin University, Melbourne. His work captures the scale and evocative beauty of the Australian landscape and bush through reoccurring iconic images and in concise, sublime paintings of specific locations.
Makin has received a number of significant national and international commissions. He has also won a variety of awards including Brisbane's prestigious Tattersall's Club Prize for Landscape (1991). In addition to painting, he has worked as Foundation Director of the new National Art School, Sydney, director of the Port Jackson Press in Melbourne, and is known for his outspoken criticism about Australian art education. Makin has held over 60 solo exhibitions and a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Art, Deakin University (2005).
His work is represented in all state galleries in Australia.
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