Historical information
Rick Amor was a good friend of three times Archibald Prize winner Clifton Pugh, living and working at Pugh's artist colony Dunmoochin, (Cottles Bridge) during the 1980-1990s. Amor made frequent outdoor painting trips with Pugh. His studies of Williamstown and areas around the port fuelled a period of sustained painting in his
studio at Dunmoochin.
Significance
Amor is an artist of national significance who had lived locally in Dunmoochin (Cottles Bridge) during the time of this work's making. This painting was exhibited/entered into the 1993 Shire of Eltham Art Awards. The work is representative of Amor's style and interest in seascapes as subject matter.
Physical description
Oil on linen, seascape painting. A solitary and motionless male figure in an overcoat stands at the edge of a dock/jetty with his hands in his pockets looking out to sea with his back towards the viewer. A motorised boat is moored close by and a white house with a blue roof can be seen in the distance. The figure is engulfed by the landscape and a resounding sense of desolation. A storm is brewing; the mood forecast by dark, heavy and thick ominous clouds, alternately darkening with the approach of night, a polluted haze and rough seas.
Inscriptions & markings
In red paint, lower right, signed 'RICK AMOR '93'
Subjects
References
- Rick Amor - Artist Artist Website
- Niagara - Rick Amor Artist representative (Gallery) in Melbourne
- Rick Amor: 21 Portraits by Dr Sarah Engledow An exhibition 'Rick Amor - 21 Portraits'; Friday 28 November 2014 until Sunday 1 March 2015, National Portrait Gallery
- Artworks Feature: Rick Amor ABC - Radio National Interview (transcript)
