Rick Everingham

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  Rick Everingham was born in Sydney in 1945. His artistic ability was noticed form an early age and he worked in a Commercial Art Studio on leaving school. Conscription in 1966 lead into signing up for a short service commission to train as a pilot, however, this career was curbed by a serious helicopter crash in 1967. This saw Rick return to the world of commercial art, but pursuing his own painting he held his first solo exhibition in 1970 in Brisbane. He quickly became known for his urban landscapes and beach subjects and for successful exhibitions across Australia, but most regularly at his own home studio, the site of which changed across Brisbane over the years. 

   In 1977 he undertook a study tour of galleries and museums in Europe and the USA and he and his wife have travelled frequently ever since. There were opportunities to exhibit overseas and the lure of Italy, its history, culture and light, gave rise to delightful paintings and to selling up and moving to Tuscany to live in 1999. Here Rick was immersed in the very life he was portraying in his art to share with others and he was able to expand his artistic skills even further, starting sculpting in bronze and marble.

 2010 was a landmark year when the Everinghams moved back to Australia and Rick celebrated 40 years as a professional artist with his 100th solo exhibition.

Rick is now a resident of Maleny in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland.

   “I have a very simple philosophy.  Our society seems intent on expressing ever-increasing numbers of disturbing images.  I do not wish to add to them.  I have no need to make political statements, nor be on the cutting edge of artistic expression. I like to create works that remind me that simple beauty is still in existence, wherever I choose to find it.  I have two requirements of my paintings.  They must be uplifting to the spirit, and beautiful objects in themselves.  I am intrigued by the physical appearance of places, and their patina of history, but I also try to express the subtleties of my experience of being there. I find the overall patina of Italy irresistible.  With its wonderful zest for life and immense cultural heritage, it has qualities for me that I can only explain as a soul connection. However, with a change in horizons I am planning a wider choice of subject matter, and a re-evaluation of the materials and techniques I use”.

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Italy

Small Balcony - Oil on Italian Linen - 97x97cm

Cycling through Pisa - Oil on Board - 60x90cm

Venice Facade - Oil on Board - 91.5x105cm (also available as Ltd. Giclee print)

Fresco Doorway, Lucca - Oil on Italian Linen - 61x91cm

Mask Window, Venice - Oil on Italian Linen - 120x120cm

Siena Doorway, Tuscany - Oil on Italian Linen - 84x77cm

Pisa Morning - Oil on Board - 40x50cm

Covered Boats, Venice - Oil on Board - 50x40cm

Sunny Canal, Venice - Oil on Board - 30x30cm

D'Arte Del Buon Gusto - Oil on Board - 30x30cm

Cactus Balcony II - Oil on Board - 30x30cm

Rooftops, Rome - Oil on Board - 30x30cm

Balconies, Portofino - Oil on Board - 30x30cm

Venice Windows - Oil on Board - 20x25cm

France

Clock Tower, Provence - Oil on Italian Linen - 88x58cm

Greece

Small Window - Oil on Italian Linen - 41x31cm

Little Church in Greece No. 10 - Oil on Italian linen - 30x30cm

Maleny Landscape

Afternoon Cows, Maleny - Oil on Italian Linen - 61x92cm

Australian Landscape

A Country House - Oil on Italian Linen - 92x92cm

Sandhill Lagoon - Oil on Italian Linen - 66x76cm

Fisherman II - Oil on Board - 30x30cm

Creek Reflections - Oil on Italian Linen - 40x50cm

Bronze Sculpture

Flight over Tower - Bronze, Edition 3/6 - 70x23x23cm

Solo - Bronze, Edition 3/10 - 161x28x28cm

Solo (Detail) - Bronze, Edition 3/10 - 161x28x28cm

Embracing - Bronze, Edition 1/6 - 35x22x9cm

Click here to go to the paintings from the 2016 Mutual Respect exhibition.

EXHIBITIONS:

   Now with over 115 solo exhibitions to his credit, works have been shown at such galleries as Prouds Gallery, Sydney; Don McInnes Gallery, Brisbane; Hesley Galleries, Orange; Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle; Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne; Art Gallery Schubert, Gold Coast; Maunsell Wickes, Sydney, Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra and overseas in Los Angeles, USA; Lucerne, Switzerland; Tokyo, Japan and San Gimignano, Italy.

PRIZES:  (rarely entered)

1972                      Orange Art Purchase (N.S.W)
1972-73-74           Redcliffe Art Prize (QLD)
1976                      American Bicentennial Prize (QLD)
1980                      Stanthorpe Art Prize (QLD)
1992                      Finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2016                      Tattersalls Landscape Prize (QLD) invited
​2016                       Local Artist, Local Landscape (Sunshine Coast QLD)

2016
"Mutual Respect" (with Rex Backhaus-Smith, Tom McAulay and Mike Nicholas)
June - Art on Cairncross

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

AMP Society,   Australia Post,    Bankers Trust Australia,      BHP,  Orange City Art Gallery,
Cannan and Peterson Solicitors,   Commonwealth Art Bank, Hilton International – Brisbane,
Queensland Newspapers,   Quinlan Millar & Treston Solicitors,  Price Waterhouse Accountants
Cleminger Brisbane Advertising,  Striped House Museum of Art – Tokyo, Suncorp Insurance,
General Outdoor Advertising – Brisbane, Northern Territory Tourist Commission - Los Angeles,
Queensland Department of Child Health, Whittaker Macnaught Pty Ltd Financial Advisers
and in many private collections throughout Australia and in U.S.A., United Kingdom, France, Japan, New Guinea, New Zealand, Spain, Italy.  

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