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Rick Everingham, 1945-., Australia.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: 1945 -Born Sydney, Australia. 1962 - Senior Art Prize - Kings School, Parramatta. 1963 - Started working in Commercial Art Studio in Sydney. Began studying painting with Graeme Inson. First exhibited in Sydney - Group show called "Retrospection" (sold all paintings). 1966 - Studied 6 months with water colourist G. K. Townshend. - Called up for National Service into Army 1967 - Signed for 5 year short service commission in army to become pilot. Established painting studio in Melbourne. 1967 - Transfer to Amberley near Brisbane for Helicopter Flying Training with Army Aviation Regiment. Involved in serious helicopter crash at Amberley, fractured spine - 5 months in hospital. 1969 - Resigned from army. Worked in Brisbane as freelance Commercial Artist. - 1970 - First one man exhibition (Brisbane). 1977 - Undertook 7 month study tour of galleries and museums of Europe and U.S.A. 1981 - Built new studio and private gallery attached to house. 1982 - First private exhibition in own studio gallery. 1986 - Exhibited in mixed exhibition at Los Angeles Design Centre, U.S.A., titled "The New Outback - Australian Art Today". Exhibited in mixed exhibition in Switzerland as promotion for Brisbane's bid for 1992 Olympic Games. 1987 - Moved to Spring Hill, Brisbane. Opened Victoria Street Gallery. 1989 - One man exhibition at Striped House Museum Of Art, Tokyo. (Sponsored by Qantas, Australian Embassy, Australia Japan Foundation). Mixed exhibition in Japan of 9 Australian Photographers titled "Shot From Down Under". Daicolo Gallery, Osaka, and Kodak Photo Salon, Ginza, Tokyo (Sponsored by Kodak, Continental Airlines). 1991 - Undertook 2 month painting and sketching trip in Italy. 1992 - Exhibition with Grazia Lolli Redini at Palazzo Ciotta in San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, - Finalist in The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. 1994 - Winter and summer trips to Italy. 1995 - Extended trip to Europe concentrating on gathering material from the Greek Islands. 1996 - Filmed sequence on painting Fraser Island for the "Wildlife" program with Olivia Newton-John. 1997 - Spring in Italy. 1998 - Painting trip to France, Italy and Turkey, - Sold House, studio and gallery in Brisbane. 1999 - Moved to Italy and bought a house in Tuscany to set up new studio. - Began making sculptures in Bronze and marble. 2002 - Bought Trevenen House Gallery in Brisbane and renamed it Graydon Gallery to use as studio and exhibiting base in Australia. 2004 - Sold Graydon Gallery and held auction of studio stock of paintings. 2005 Granted temporary residence in Italy. Renovated house and studio. 2006 - New series of sculptures begun. ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS (unless otherwise stated) : 1970 - Don McInnes Gallery – Brisbane 1971 - Don McInnes Gallery - Brisbane Hesley Galleries - Orange 1972 - Young Australian Gallery - Brisbane Robert Wardrop Galleries - Sydney Hesley Galleries - Orange Hesley Galleries - Canberra 1973 - Young Australian Gallery - Brisbane Hesley Galleries – Orange 1974 - Prouds Gallery - Sydney Hesley Galleries - Orange Hesley Galleries - Canberra 1975 - Prouds Gallery - Sydney Hesley Galleries - Canberra 1976 - Hesley Galleries - Orange Hesley Galleries - Canberra 1977 - Paul bowker Galleries - Brisbane Don McInnes Gallery - Brisbane Hesley Galleries - Canberra 1978 - Cintra House Galleries - Brisbane Hesley Galleries - Orange 1979 - Holdsworth Galleries - Sydney Hesley Galleries – Canberra 1980 - Cintra House Galleries - Brisbane Hesley Galleries - Orange 1981 - Holdsworth Galleries - Sydney 1982 - Cintra House Galleries - Brisbane Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Lenore Charlton Galleries - Terranora Rick Everingham Studio – Brisbane 1983 - Holdsworth Galleries - Sydney Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Rick Everingham Studio – Brisbane 1984 - Holdsworth Galleries - Sydney Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Lenore Charlton Galleries – Terranora Rick Everingham Studio - Brisbane 1985 - Duntryleague Country Club - Orange Gallery 111 - Rockhampton Rick Everingham Studio - Brisbane 1986 Holdsworth Galleries - Sydney Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Galloway Galleries – Brisbane Los Angeles Design Centre - U.S.A. Mixed Exhibition "The New Outback - Australian Art Today" Lucerne - Switzerland. Mixed Exhibition in conjunction with Brisbane's bid for 1992 Olympic Games. 1987 - Victoria Street Gallery - Spring Hill, Brisbane. 1988 - Holdsworth Galleries - Sydney Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Victoria Street Gallery - Brisbane 1989 - Striped House Museum - Tokyo, Japan Mixed exhibition of 9 Australian Photographers titled "Shot From Down Under"- Osaka &Tokyo, Japan Victoria Street Gallery - Spring Hill, Brisbane. 1990 - Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Brisbane Hilton - Rick Everingham Flood Appeal Auction Holdsworth Galleries - Sydney Victoria Street Gallery - Brisbane 1991 - Lenore Charlton Galleries - Terranora Victoria Street Gallery – Brisbane (first “Italian” exhibition) 1992 - Palazzo Ciotta - San Gimignano - Italy Victoria Street Gallery - Brisbane 1993 - Victoria Street Gallery - Brisbane 1994 - Art Gallery Schubert - The Gold Coast, Qld Victoria Street Gallery - Brisbane 1995 Art Gallery Schubert - The Gold Coast, Qld Victoria Street Gallery - Brisbane ("Greece") 1996 - Mary Place Gallery - Sydney Victoria Street Gallery – Brisbane 1997 - Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Mary Place Gallery - Sydney Libby Edwards Galleries – Melbourne Victoria Street Gallery - Brisbane 1998 - Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Mary Place Gallery - Sydney Victoria Street Gallery – Brisbane 1999 - Valerie Cohen Gallery – Sydney 2000 - Cooks Hill Galleries – Newcastle Valerie Cohen Gallery – Sydney Stratton Galleries – Brisbane 2001 - Stratton Galleries – Brisbane 2002 Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Mary Place Gallery – Sydney Graydon Gallery – Brisbane 2003 Cooks Hill Galleries - Newcastle Graydon Gallery – Brisbane 2004 Libby Edwards Galleries - Melbourne Graydon Gallery – Brisbane – Auction of studio stock 2005 - Cooks Hill Galleries – Newcastle Graydon Gallery – Brisbane 2006 Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries - Sydney Graydon Gallery – Brisbane COLLECTIONS: Paintings in many private and corporate collections throughout Australia. Also in U.S.A., United Kingdom, France, Japan, New Guinea, New Zealand, Spain, Italy. Important corporate collections include: AMP Society, Australia Post, Bankers Trust Australia BHP Cannan and Peterson Solicitors Commonwealth Art Bank Cleminger Brisbane Advertising General Outdoor Advertising - Brisbane Hilton International - Brisbane Northern Territory Tourist Commission - Los Angeles Orange City Art Gallery Price Waterhouse Accountants Queensland Department of Child Health Queensland Newspapers Quinlan Millar & Treston Solicitors Suncorp Insurance Striped House Museum of Art - Tokyo Whittaker Macnaught Pty Ltd Financial Advisers 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY: Directory of Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand Queensland Profile – Suncorp Ipswich Sketchbook - Rick Everingham, Angela Burger. Australian Impressionist and Realist Artists - Tom Roberts PAINTING STYLE: Rick Everingham is one of Queensland’s leading contemporary representational painters. He works mainly in acrylic and oils, painted on either board of canvas. Earlier in his career he was best known for his urban landscapes and still life paintings, then came many years of sensitive and subtle figurative paintings of children. There has also been an extensive series of beach paintings and other subjects involving reflections in water. Since 1991 his subject matter has been drawn almost exclusively from the central regions of Italy. Now working from his studio in Tuscany, this Italian series is continuing, but the Mediterranean theme has been widened with the addition of paintings from the Greek Islands and France. The most recent works have subjects consisting of a mixture of images, still mainly in acrylic and oils, but calling also on a variety of techniques of various media. A long-standing interest in sculpture is now being brought into form with commencement of a series of works in stone and bronze. ARTIST'S COMMENT: 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. We tend to forget that it is possible to view life in a way that makes it positive and full of joy. I believe the world is a truly magical place where all things are somehow connected. My paintings are my experience of that connection. 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 the finished pieces must be beautiful objects in themselves. I view the whole process of life as a journey, with our direction depending on where we focus. When my children were young, their activities were once central to my work. As they have grown, that has changed. My wife and I love to travel, so at present we are seeking out interesting places in the world, and I am painting the experience. Italy has an overall patina that I find irresistible, a wonderful zest for life and immense cultural heritage. It has qualities for me that I can only explain as some sort of soul connection. We now have established a home and studio in Italy so that I can immerse myself in this experience. My paintings have always been concerned with the way time affects surfaces, and Italy has a wealth of ancient surfaces, rich with character. My earlier paintings were concerned with the physical appearance of place, and the patina of history, but as I am getting to know more of the depth of this culture, and the repercussions of its history, my new work is moving to try to express the subtleties of our experience here. My forays into sculpture are also providing me with a completely different form of expressing ideas. These are all figurative pieces and are also heading in new directions. I still love the immediacy of being in a special environment, and trying to express that feeling, but hopefully my future paintings will be less obvious and more intuitive. The process is simple. Wherever I go I find subtleties, certain images, situations, and colours that strongly appeal to me. I see wonderful connections between things, and they seem to have a resonance with something inside me. That produces a special feeling that insists on being expressed. The aim of my painting is simply to communicate these feelings to others as clearly as possible. [Supplied by the artist]
Top Five Sale Prices
Rick Everingham, Group of One, oil on board, signed Rick Everingham lower right, 121 x 120 cm, Price $****, Bonhams & Bruce, ex Bruce's, Adelaide, 27/11/05
Rick Everingham, Boys in White, oil on canvas on board, signed lower right, 60.5 x 50.5 cm, Price $****, Lawsons, Sydney, 22/03/94
Rick Everingham, Fishermen, Kastellor, oil on board, signed lower right, 49 x 39 cm, Price $****, Elder Fine Art, Adelaide, 07/08/05
Rick Everingham, Back Fence, oil on board, signed lower right, 59 x 89.5 cm, Price $****, Queensland Fine Art Auctions, Brisbane, 04/06/89
Rick Everingham, Queensland Residence, oil on board, signed lower right, 61 x 76 cm, Price $****, Lawsons, Sydney, 25/07/95
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Medium	Offered	Sold
Paintings	55	38
Works on Paper	6	4
Prints & Graphics	1	1
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