Max Mannix

Max was born in Nyah-West Victoria near Swan Hill on the mighty Murray River in 1939. A self taught artist, he works in oils, acrylics, etchings, lithographs, pen and inks and ceramic figurines.

Max left home at the age of 16 to venture north and spent 20 years in the Australian outback working in mustering camps, shearing sheds, droving and fencing.

From 1966 until 1973 he managed a cattle station for Dalgety covering an area of 1300 sq. miles and carrying 8000 head of cattle and 300 working horses. This property was located near Thargomindah on the Bulloo River in the far south west of Queensland.

Max started painting full time in 1979. He has held many successful one man exhibitions throughout Australia, also took part in a successful exhibition in Indianapolis Indiana U.S.A.

His works are represented in many private collections in Australia, U.S.A., England, Israel, Japan, Germany, New Zealand and Canada.