About Mike

All of my paintings start with drawings made on location, sometimes quick intuitive sketches, others longer, more observed studies. Whilst I may start by making quite figurative drawings, I’m looking for that dialogue with the landscape, refiguring the geographical elements and shifting the compositional structure.

I don’t want to give you a formal view but moreover to re-envision the shapes and forms I see before me; actions that are deliberately spontaneous and to make shape and colour paramount in my work. To distill down the complexity of a scene and abstractly express the unfolding landscape. To give you a sense of the emotion, as well as the topography of the land.

Artist Bio

Solo and Joint Shows

  • Becker Minty, Sydney, Streetscapes, joint show, May 2025
  • Working Dog Gallery, Unseen Landscapes, solo show, April 2025
  • Becker Minty, Sydney and Hobart, joint show, October 2023
  • Michael Reid Murrurundi, Hush, solo show, September 2023
  • Michael Reid Murrurundi and Southern Highlands, Coast To Coast, February 2023
  • Becker Minty Sydney, Radiance, solo show, October 2022
  • Michael Reid Mururrundi, Trees of Light, online solo show, August 2022
  • ARO Gallery, Into The Light, solo show, May 2022
  • ME Gallery, Moments in Time, solo show, August 2021
  • Michael Reid Northern Beaches, three group shows, 2020/2021
  • ME Gallery, Headlands, solo show, July 2020
  • ME Gallery, A Song of Travel, joint show with Debbie Mackinnon, December 2019
  • ARO Gallery, Sydney, Near and Far, joint show with Debbie Mackinnon, July 2019
  • Juniper Gallery, Perth, Boundless Horizons, solo show, March 2019
  • ME Gallery, Two Artists One Journey, joint show with Debbie Mackinnon, March 2018
  • Moochinside Gallery, Hardy’s Bay, ongoing work available

    Art Prizes

    • Lethbridge Art Prize, Salon des Refuses 2024
    • Mosman Art Prize selected finalist 2022
    • Gosford Art Prize selected finalist 2022
    • Muswellbrook Art Prize selected finalist 2022
    • John Villiers Outback Art Prize selected finalist 2022
    • Gosford Art Prize selected finalist 2021
    • Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery selected finalist 2021
    • The Inaugural WAMA Where Art Meets Nature Art Prize selected finalist 2021
    • 20000 Small Artworks Prize selected finalist 2021
    • Inaugural Lethbridge Landscape Prize Salon des Refuse finalist Lethbridge 2021
    • Mosman Art Prize selected finalist 2020
    • Pro Hart Outback Art Prize selected finalist 2020
    • Lethbridge 20000 Art Prize selected finalist 2020
    • Muswellbrook Art Prize selected finalist 2019
    • Gosford Art Prize selected finalist 2018
    • Fleurieu Biennale selected finalist 2018
    • Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing selected finalist 2018
    • Lethbridge 10000 Art Prize selected finalist 2017
    • Hunters Hill Art Prize selected finalist 2017

      Art Residencies

      • Police Point art residency in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. 2022
      • Kelton Plain art residency in the Monaro Plains, NSW. 2022
      • Selected for a residency at Joya AiR, Andalusia, Spain. October 2017

        Art Education

        • Diploma in Design – Plymouth College of Art and Design