Mike Petre

 
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About Mike Petre

Specialising in portraying the realities of rural and farming life, Mike Petre uses a majority of ink and oil mediums to do so. Born in Piopio in 1964, Petre gained an education at Massey University with a Bachelor of Agriculture (management) and followed this with further studies in a Bachelor of Design at Carrington Polytechnic. Not long after, he was a founding member of Sturdee Studios and Indicator Studios, where he began exhibiting his works. The compositions hold a theme of farm scenery, with Petre aiming to depict personal memories and experience of rural environments. Since 1997, he has exhibited in dealer galleries in Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin.