Douglas Badcock Bio
 

Born in Balclutha in b1922 – d2009 and going on to be Queenstown's first fulltime artist "a realistic painter and absolutely sincere with a natural talent and a high technical standard ... A master of the New Zealand landscape, he paints New Zealand as he sees it". 

He began entering the Kelliher Art Awards, established for landscape painters, and a win in 1965 firmly put Mr Badcock in the top bracket. The demand for his works saw them grace not only many New Zealand homes, but they were also in the collections of the Queen – a gift during a visit to Queenstown – and also the King of Thailand.

In Queenstown he met and then married Bonnie and they had four children – Brian (now living in Blenheim), Jenny (Invercargill), John (Geraldine) and David (Cairns).

He also produced three books – My Kind of Country, My Kind of Painting, and A Painter in Fiji.