MAK SERIES
An evolving series of Australiana scenes.
© Margo Donoghue 2025
Water lilies
Acrylic on canvas
Height: 91cm Width: 61cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $1,250
Gold fish pond
Oil on canvas
Height: 91cm Width: 61cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $1,250
Blue boat Norman Creek
Acrylic on linen
Height: 120cm Width: 75cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $1,250
Gold fish swimming
Oil on canvas
Height: 61cm Width: 91cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - private collection
Bunyip hunting (Billabong swimming)
Acrylic and mixed media on linen
Height: 1.2m Width: 92cm Depth: 4cm
Rain water flooding transforms the parched outback landscape, heralding a renewal of life that flows across its reaches.
SOLD - private Collection, Brisbane, Qld.
‘Billabong swimming’
Late afternoon shadows and reflections across an Australian billabong conjures up the spirit of the mythical bunyip from the depths. ‘Billabong swimming' is a dangerous pursuit when the depths are unknown and there are creatures lurking below the surface.
Technically, the painting is a complex layering of mediums and imagery with strong tonal contrasts developed over a period of several months.
Bunyip’s Lair
Oil and mixed media on canvas
Height: 92cm Width: 1.2m Depth: 3cm
SOLD - Hurkett Family Collection, Melbourne, Vic. and Brisbane, Qld.
BILLABONG (AND THE BUNYIP LIVES ON)
Mixed media on canvas
Height: 100cm Width 150cm Depth: 3cm
Late afternoon shadows and reflections across an Australian billabong conjures up the spirit of the mythical bunyip from the depths.
Or is it early morning as the sun spreads across a serene water hole in the middle paddock of my former farm?
SOLD - private Collection, Brisbane, Qld.
Lake Eyre Lovers
Mixed media on canvas
Height: 910cm Width: 1.22m Depth: 3cm
SOLD - private Collection, Brisbane, Qld.
SUNDAY MARKETS
Acrylic on Canvas
Height: 75cm Width 95cm Depth: 3cm
Something of an Australian ritual 'going to the local markets' is a common open air weekend event. The South Bank markets presented the opportunity to capture a snippet of the activity.
My approach was to capture the essence of the market festivity, simplifying the scene with a juxtaposition of coloured geometric patches of primary colour.
SOLD - private Collection, Brisbane, Qld.
ON THE BEACH
Acrylic on canvas
Height: 75cm Width 95cm Depth: 3cm
An iconic image of the Australian beach and coastal way of life in the summer months. Beach goers dotted like ants along the shoreline. I wanted to capture the essence of being 'on the beach'. This image sits on my computer desktop to remind me of the summer months ahead.
SOLD - L HURKETT COLLECTION BRISBANE
LITTLE FAT CALF
Acrylic on Canvas
Height: 95cm Width: 75cm Depth: 3cm
POA
LITTLE BLACK BULL
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Height: 95cm Width 125cm Depth: 3cm
When asked by an interior designer 'do you paint cows?'. My reply, 'Yes I have painted many a cow or two popped into a traditional landscape'.
The final reality was a second work in reference to Pop Art on a highly textured bright background.
SOLD - private collection, Brisbane.
LITTLE WHITE BULL
Mixed media on timber plywood
Height: 125cm Width 150cm Depth: 3cm
Preceding the 'Little Black Bull', I rescued a ply panel painting with a sombre background of mixed media and collage to create the 'Little White Bull'. A childlike reference to my lovely Murray Grey cattle that I bred on my farm.
SOLD - collection Kalka Property Group, Brisbane
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Enquiries should be addressed to the artist, Margo Donoghue via email - margodon20@gmail.com
© Margo Donoghue 2025