A PETONE BOY’S SUCCESS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2912, 21 July 1925, Page 1

A PETONE BOY’S SUCCESS

PICTURE HTJKG IN' OLD SALON IN PARIS. Word has reached New Zealand, (says the ITult and Petone Chronicle) that Mr Ronald McKenzie, son of Mr and Mrs David McKenzie, of Britannia St., Petone, and nephew of Mrs dagger, of Monton, has had the high honour placed upon him of having a picture hung in the famous exhibition of the Old Salon, Paris. Air Ronald McKenzie was born at Petone and educated at- the Petone District High School. After leaving school he entered the services of the Bank, hut Ids gifts called him, and lie became a student of the Canterbury College School of Art. His work was quickly rodbgnised as far and away above the ordinary, displaying a wonderful gift of colouring, At present he is attached to the Canterbury Art College and is held in very high esteem. A large water-colour painting “Crnigeburn,” from (he brush of Mr Ronald McKenzie, of Christchurch, has been acquired by the Auckland Society of Arts for inclusion in the Auckland Permanent Collection. “Craigichiiru" was hung in the last exhibition of the Canterbury Society of Arts and then excited much comment. A subject of a scope and character usually reserved for treatment in oil, Mr McKenzie’s vigorous methods in water colour painting were well expressed, the colour scheme being daring. Mr McKenzie is the designer of the scenery to he used in the impending pantomime production “The , Sleeping Beauty.”