Peter MacKennal

Peter MacKennal was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1940. He now resides and works from his Studio in Noosa Heads in Queensland or his studio in Richmond Victoria.  Peter first exhibited at the Herald Sun exhibition in 1969 where he received a honourable mention.  Peter’s work forms part of many collections worldwide, in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Hong Kong , Scandinavia and in Australia.

Peter’s parents were both talented artists and were a major influence on his desire to paint. He studied art at College then continued to study with his friend and mentor Leonard French. Peter’s work continues using empirical symbols and ancient art forms. His work characterised by his strong use of colour, bold and defiant in nature, with highly textured surfaces. His preferred medium of choice is acrylic with polyurethane and oil based paints, giving the surface a high gloss finish often pushing the boundaries with the use of marble dust and plaster sculptured into the textured forms on the canvas and hessian.