Euan Macleod was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1956 and from 1981 has lived and worked mainly in Australia, based in Sydney. He likes to immerse himself in different terrains, and the settings for his paintings range from central Australia to the Antarctic to coastal environments. His works are represented in Watters Gallery, Sydney, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane. Macleod has received many prestigious awards, including the Archibald Prize (1999), the Sulman Prize (2001), the Blake Prize (2006) and the Gallipoli Art Prize (2009). His works are held in many public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Saatchi and Saatchi, Wellington, New Zealand, and Allen Allen and Hemsley, Sydney.