Madeleine McKinlay - Tree on Bottle Green

Madeleine is the artist who creates all of our bold and distinctive artworks. With every brightly coloured stroke and meticulous detail, Madeleine's heart and soul are poured into each painting.

She has always had a flair for creativity and what colours work best together. She studied a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design at the Queensland College of Art/Griffith University.

After university she worked as a graphic designer before moving into the paper industry, working with designers and advertising agencies to provide paper consultancy and services. She then moved into banking and worked for many years across diverse areas including marketing, product, project management, IT and executive management, before stepping away from the corporate world to start a family. During these years, she used painting as her creative outlet, always using bold colours as her inspiration.

Throughout her life, Madeleine has painted people, places and nature – sometimes in more detailed, realistic study, and in many cases in more loose, imaginative interpretations – always featuring bright and bold colours.

In more recent times, Madeleine’s paintings have been based on bright interpretations of the Australian landscape, inspired by the imagery of her family adventures around Queensland and Australia.

This highlights her passion for getting out and trying new things and seeing new places, experiencing the world, and enjoying the natural environment while also getting exercise.