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Noel McKenna
Horse + rider, 2016
Ceramic tile, 14 x 14 cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Horse with long tail (2), 2016
Ceramic tile, 14 x 14 cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Man with dog, 2016
Ceramic tile, 14 x 14 cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
White horse, 2015
oil on plywood, 52 x 64cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Horse on jetty, 2015
oil on plywood, 52 x 64cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Breeding barn, 2015
oil on plywood, 52 x 64cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Tall dog at table, 2015
oil on board, 41.5 x 44.5cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Home, Awhiti Peninsula, 2011
oil on plywood, 48 x 54cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Rural Property, Nelson region, 2011
oil on plywood, 31.8 x 49cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Chicken homes, Australian artist’s home, Ireland (J.K.2009), 2012
oil on plywood, 30 x 40cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Fat Red Bird, 2003
Enamel on Board, 25.5 x 35 cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna
Cat Leaping Onto Table, 2010
Ceramic Tile, 31 x 31 cm
Image courtesy the artist,
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

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Noel McKenna

Noel McKenna’s paintings are beautiful works of craftsmanship. Using oils mounted in handmade frames, his use of minimal shapes in his paintings reveals a simple beauty in everyday scenarios. Mainly depicting the ordinary and unremarkable, the scenes have a playfulness to them, a moment of whimsy and familiarity. McKenna has the ability to hint at something bigger that questions the viewer’s perception of what is really happening within the works.

Born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1956, Noel studied architecture at Queensland University in 1974 and 1975. He continued his education at Brisbane College of Arts from 1976 to 1978 and then at Alexander Mackie College, Sydney in 1981. Since then he has exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas, holding solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart, as well as Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland and New Zealand. His work is held in all major state and regional galleries, and important public and corporate collections throughout Australia and overseas. Noel McKenna currently lives and works in Sydney. He is represented by Niagara Galleries in Melbourne.

Representing galleries
Niagara Galleries

Darren Knight Gallery

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