Jack Rowland & Mike Maka

“𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘙𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯. 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯. “𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.

Jack Rowland
Jack Rowland is a Melbourne-based artist, whose chromatic and saturated landscape paintings aim to offer alternative perceptions of the natural world. Rowland holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from RMIT University, Melbourne. He has been exhibiting nationally and internationally including James Makin Gallery, Anna Pappas Gallery, Linden New Art, Rubicon ARI, Blindside Gallery, Flinders Lane Gallery and Kunstraum Tapir (Berlin). Rowland received the Hawkesbury Art Prize Highly Commended Award in 2015, and has also been short listed for a number of prizes such as Bayside Aquisitive Art Prize, Albany Art Prize and Substation Art Prize.

Mike Makatron
Mike Maka is primarily a painter who works in a variety of media, mainly on walls, canvas and illustration on paper. He has travelled and created work around the world, painting the Berlin Wall to the River Ganges. At 20, he received a scholarship to study art in New York, which led to working as a bike messenger for 10 years in 10 cities, and leaving his mark on many walls. An active member of Everfresh Studio since 2006, Mike has exhibited extensively through Australia as well as group shows in Brazil, Japan, Miami and New York, and has works in private and public collections locally and abroad, including acquisitions by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, as well as working in institutions such as National Gallery of Victoria and MONA Tasmania. His artwork captures a world in which the natural forces fight back against humanity, reclaiming the earth from the uncaring advance of civilisation. Focusing on the friction point between man, beast and machine, Maka presents a message to mankind to step foot outside of the concrete jungle and reconnect with mother nature and the animal in all of us.

Cheers Jack & Mike, for giving us a silver lining to a tough year in the craft brewing industry with this stunning painting!!