Max Mannix - Large Framed Print - "Sure Thing" 100x74cm

Artist Max Mannix was born in Nyah-West, on the mighty Murray near Swan Hill in Victoria in 1939.

At 16 years of age he left home to seek adventure in the outback. He spent the next 20 years droving, mustering, shearing and ultimately managing a 1300 sq. mile cattle station near Thargomindah in south west Queensland known as heartbreak corner. Throughout this time Max never lost his sense of humour.

Being a self-taught artist Max Mannix is a natural talent and his humour is uninhibited and his colourful paintings depict real situations and life in the outback as it was then, in a lighthearted vein, keen insight, gentle humour and wonderful depiction of our outback characters.

Max's style is inclined to the primitive and he works in a variety of mediums including oils, pastels, pen and ink, acrylics and etching.

His work is represented in Galleries and private collections throughout the world. His works have been the subject of many highly successful one-man exhibitions and have been reproduced on Calenders, Books and Prints. Max and his works have been included in all 4 editions of Kevin Hill’s “TOP TEN” Australian Artists books.