Richard Austin
Contemporary landscape painter
Pine Road, Chelsea No 2 (2019). Acrylic on 36”x 24” canvas. $800 at Orange Art Gallery.
Gatineau Park Wandering sky (2019). Acrylic on 36”x 36” canvas. $850 at La Fab Arts Centre
Grounded (2019). Acrylic on 36”x 36” canvas. $700
Recent landscape paintings
Meech Creek (2019). Acrylic on 24”x 18” canvas. $250
P16 Meech Valley (2019). Acrylic on 24”x 18” canvas. $250
Richard Austin is a visual artist. As a filmmaker, Richard has directed a number of music videos and short films, including “At Last...”, a dramatic short film about the reunion of two long-estranged sisters, and “Heather Crowe’s Legacy”, a documentary about how one individual made a difference by galvanizing political and public health efforts. This film was screened at Ottawa’s city hall, the Winnipeg International Film Festival and made available to high school students throughout Ontario. His photography, illustrated books, paintings and designs have been exhibited in Canada and Asia. Richard lives in Chelsea, Québec.
Hay Lake retreat (2019). Acrylic on 40”x 30” canvas. $700
View from Mount Hamilton Road, California (2019). Acrylic on 36”x 24” canvas. $600
Pine Road, Chelsea No 4 (2019). Acrylic on 36” x 18” canvas. $650 at Orange Art Gallery.
Entering the park (2019). Acrylic on 48” x 16” canvas. $700
Bowen’s dream (2019). Acrylic on 24”x 12” canvas. $375 at Orange Art Gallery.
After the storm (2019). Acrylic on 18”x 24” canvas.
$450 at Orange Art Gallery.
Morning glow (2019. Acrylic on 18 ”x 24” canvas.
$650 at at Orange Art Gallery.
Time to escape (2019). Acrylic on 18” x 24” canvas. $250
At the farm (2019). Acrylic on 18”x 24” canvas.
$250
Joyful company (2019). Acrylic on 24”x 18” canvas. $250
ARTIST STATEMENT
Over the past five decades I’ve worked in painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking, graphics and book design. As a painter, I work in both oils and acrylics. My early oil portrait paintings blended soft edges and textures, attempting to draw out characters with intangible moods and dark emotions. Recently I’ve started using acrylic paints, focusing on landscapes. These paintings are colourful, with pronounced edges creating simplified or distorted animated forms. Often in my creative work, I try to challenge perception, perspectives and assumptions about nature, reality and meaning.
Richard’s images are disquieting, startling or intriguing, but through them all is a sensual movement, a feeling of anticipation for what will come next”
FOCUS Fine Art Magazine
CURRENT EXHIBITION
July 24th - September 1st, 2019
290 City Centre Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
613-761-1500
SELECTED PAINTINGS 1992 - 2018
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FINE ART EXHIBITIONS
PUBLISHED PORTFOLIOS
2019
- • La Fab Arts Centre - Chelsea
- • Orange Art Gallery - Ottawa
- • Ottawa Little Theatre Gallery - Ottawa
- • University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine Art Gallery - Ottawa
2018
- • SPAO A+ Exhibition – Ottawa
- • Ottawa Little Theatre Gallery - Ottawa
2016
- • SPAO A+ Exhibition – Ottawa
2012
- • Cube Gallery – Ottawa
- • Arts + Architecture Gallery – Ottawa
2011
- • Languages of Life 31st Annual Art ExhibitIon – Ottawa
2018
- • La Petite Mort Gallery – Ottawa
1993
- • Park Hotel Apartments Gallery – Sydney
1992
- • New World Harbour View Hotel Wanchai Gallery - Hong Kong
1982
- • Westmount City Hall Gallery – Montréal
1987
- • Galerie Zazou – Montréal
VIDEOS
2013
- • “Night Time” - Sister Hyde, music video
- • “Isa” – Christiane Claude and CC Club, music video
2010
- • “Celebrating Public Health” – Canadian Public Health Association, conference promo
2006
- • “Heather Crowe’s Legacy: An Ordinary Canadian’s Extraordinary Gift” – Health Canada, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, 25-min. documentary
- • “At Last... an unexpected reunion” – 28-min. drama
We have art so we won’t be destroyed by the truth.
