Jeff Makin: Red Centre

Landscape artist Jeff Makin returns to Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane as he celebrates his 80th birthday and 60 years of painting, with his latest exhibition Red Centre showing from July 11 to 22, 2023.

One of Australia’s leading landscape artists, Jeff Makin is one of the few surviving artists from a close cohort of painters including Fred Williams and John Olsen.

Jeff Makin’s artwork has long explored the picturesque and the sublime in nature, anchored specifically by the Australian landscape. The artist has travelled extensively around Australia throughout his long career, in search of those intangible qualities that form the essence of the land.

In this latest exhibition Jeff Makin reflects on his travels to Central Australia, capturing the colour and vibrancy of the earthy red centre. Dramatic, bold landscape paintings reflecting on the vastness and spirit of the land. Painted over the last 30 years the exhibition includes paintings which have not been viewed outside of his studio, as well as some recent works reflecting on his memories of travels to the Australian outback.

Good to know - Makin is represented in numerous national, state and most regional and corporate collections in Australia. He has won the Tattersalls Art Prize in Brisbane and has also been a finalist on numerous occasions.

Need to know - An opening event celebrating the artists long standing artistic career will be held on Saturday 15th July at 2pm, with Jeff Makin in attendance.

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