The exhibition, titled "Mike Petre New Works and Bloom", opens at Milford Galleries Queenstown on Saturday and illustrates "his strong connection with livestock and the land".
Field Study 144 (2010), a large ink, graphite, oil and acrylic on canvas, dominates the collection at almost 3m in length.
Milford Galleries Dunedin art consultant Vanessa Cook said Petre's work brought special attention to cattle, "the familiar and often over-looked beasts that are an integral part of the New Zealand landscape".
Petre was born and raised on a sheep and beef farm in Piopio, King Country.
He worked on farms before studying agriculture management at Massey University and working in the United Kingdom and Israel.
Following his graduation from design studies, Petre was a founder member of Sturdee studios and, in 1998, of Indicator studios.
He began exhibiting in 1995, and since 1997 has exhibited in galleries in Dunedin, Auckland and Wellington.
He was a finalist in the three Wallace Awards he has entered and featured in TVNZ's The Big Art Trip, in 2001.
