Marlon McKinnon
Naarm Melbourne-based artist from Geraldton, Western Australia working in Traditional mediums. Selected member of Hansen Little Coterie 2026.
Marlon frequents Life Drawing at Hawthorn Artists Society and Victorian Artists Society. He paints figures and portraits from life in Alla Prima Style influenced by 19th Century Masters by the likes of John Singer Sargent and Joaquin Sorolla.
Outside of the studio he paints en plein air explorations of the unique Australian landscape. A lover of Heidelberg school and painters, and the figurative and landscape art of the Old West.
Education
2023 - 2025:
Self-Taught
2026:
Oil Painting Class - Gregory R. Smith
Painting the Figure in Oils - Joe Whyte
Oil Painting Class - Fiona O'Bryne
Monotype: Ink and Impressions - Marketa Kemp
Works by Marlon McKinnon
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.