Quentin Manners Macfarlane (12 September 1935 – 5 July 2019) was a New Zealand artist known for his abstract marine paintings.

[3] Macfarlane studied at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1954 to 1957 and graduated with honours in painting in 1958.

After graduating Macfarlane attended the Post-Primary Teachers' Training College in Ardmore and received a diploma of teaching.

This exhibition was in response to the uproar[8] that had followed McCahon being announced joint winner of the Hay's Limited Art Competition.

[2] Apart from some part-time teaching requirements, by 1975 Macfarlane was virtually painting full-time[15] with a reputation as one of the country's leading marine painters.

[17] Serving as a regular crew member for publisher Albion Wright's yacht Pastime, alongside architect Peter Beaven, he took part in many sailing trips around Banks Peninsula drawing inspiration for his work.

[18] Friend and art writer John Coley located the marine influence in Macfarlane's work closer to home in the suburb he had lived in since the mid-1960s.

"Quentin Macfarlane's paintings have always related to his local environment, specifically the seascape below his Clifton Hill home at Sumner.