Richard Maurovic
Richard Maurovic Artist Statement
Richard Maurovic is a precise person who plans every move. And yet, when it comes to deciding what to paint, he lets his eyes decide and his mind follows. Celebrating the man-made world, he finds beauty in interesting forms, colour contrasts, incongruent compositions or beautiful light, and he gets them down; the potential meanings and narratives following in the days and weeks as the work develops. By the time the artwork is finished, the story has formed in his mind. The creation catches up with the vision.
In this collection one sees the variety of images that caught his eye and translated into these frozen moments. The primary colours and wonderful patterns of balconies of a Sydney apartment block, the lyrical sunset over a highway, kooky tetrapods shoring up the spit of a lighthouse in the Venetian lagoon. These images of everyday interest, humour, or loveliness are a key to Richard Maurovic’s character and interests.
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, The Saatchi Experience
The Saatchi Gallery, London
2012
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, "Peace & Prosperity"
2008
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, "Unscheduled Stopover"
2008
Paddington Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
2005
Hill Smith Fine Art, Adelaide "Airport"
2003
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide, "Adelaide As...."Kendall Fine Art, London
2002
Mawson Lakes, Adelaide
Yalumba Harvest Market (Mixed Exhibition)
2001
Tasting Australia - Adelaide (SA)
1999
Barry Newton Gallery - Adelaide (SA)
Framed Gallery - Darwin (NT)
1996
Barry Newton Gallery - Adelaide (SA)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Director's Choice, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
1996
Royal Overseas League Exhibition, London .
Onkaparinga Rotary Art Show
Royal Overseas League Exhibition, London
1998
Kings College Art Prize, Sydney
1999
Port Victoria Art Exhibition
30th Alice Prize
Cheetham Salt Ardrossan Art Competition
2000
Fleurieu Biennale
Port Art Show, Port Adelaide (SA)
2002
Encounter 2002 Ardrossan Art Show
Corporate Collections
Adelaide International Airport Fletcher Constructions
Australian Submarine Corporation Holco Meat Wholesalers
Baulderstone Hornibrook Intervest Securities
City of Adelaide, Town Hall collection Kinhill Engineers Pty Ltd
Cooper's Brewery Mallala District Hospital
Department of Human Services - SA Government Office of the Minister of Transport
District Council of Yorke Peninsula Qantas Airways
ETSA Corporation Santos
Eureka Furniture T & R Pastoral
Fairmont Homes Wesfarmers Collection
Richard Maurovic
Portrait of a Box that Changed the World
acrylic on canvas
80 x 125 cm
$7,500
Richard Maurovic
Study for Westgate Freeway
Medium:
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 45 cm
$1,800
Richard Maurovic
Murray Bridge SA
acrylic on canvas
45 x 30 cm
$2,000
Richard Maurovic
North South Motorway, Wingfield (SA) 1
acrylic on canvas on board
23 x 30 cm
$1,250
Richard Maurovic
North South Motorway at Torrens Road
acrylic on canvas
20 x 30 cm
$1,250
Richard Maurovic
North-South Motorway Construction
acrylic on canvas
60 x 120 cm
$7,000
SOLD
Richard Maurovic
Portrush Road, Norwood (SA)
acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 cm
$2,300
SOLD
Richard Maurovic
Little Para River in Flood, Salisbury (SA)
acrylic on board
12 x 23 cm
$650
Richard Maurovic
Frome Street, Adelaide
Watercolour on paper
21 x 30 cm
$1,250
Richard Maurovic
Water Conservation Has Ripple Effects
acrylic on canvas
60 x 100 cm