Rick Smith is an Abstract Expressionist artist with his studio and gallery in Avalon (Sydney Australia). Although he has a degree in Electronics Engineering his passion for art started in his teenage years and has now evolved into a full time profession. Ricks art is displayed in private galleries around Australia, Neutron Pty Ltd for display in their boardroom and front foyer and also the front foyer of “The Exchange” (Sydney).
Inspired by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock his unique artwork utilises stimulating paint colours and texture which allows him the freedom to communicate ideas and emotions in a subjective way to evoke the subconscious mind of the viewer. With all of his art Rick creates work that he passionately believes would give joy to any observer.
Ricks artwork has been Accredited & Certified by AKOUN (Paris)
Recent exhibitions 2019: Leipzig Art Fair / Van Gogh Art Gallery (Madrid)/Gaudi Galleria Exhibition (Madrid). Published in: The Modern Art Museum Catalogue (Austria) "Contemporary Art and Artists" book 2021 / "Art Anthology IV" (Madrid) / Rick Smith Abstraction 2024 (Avalon Art Gallery, Sydney)
"The observer must learn to look at the picture as a graphic representation of a mood and not as a representation of objects."
Jerzy Kosinsky
Influences
Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso