Rick Matear

Melbourne artist, Rick Matear, loves painting and the atmosphere at the Abbotsford Convent. His door is usually open, where he can be seen making his pictures.

Rick is renowned for his compelling depictions of the picturesque coastal area of the Mornington
Peninsula.  His paintings reflective of his love of Sorrento and Portsea, where he has spent every summer holiday he can remember.

His latest series of paintings have a chic European sensibility and exotic essence, evoking the mood and atmosphere of the Mediterranean in his scenes of dreamy decadence on the Mornington Peninsula.

In his delicate,  paintings, luminous figures are depicted rising out from rippling surf and sunbathe on gleaming white sand, and bathing boxes are pictured pressed against the edge of cliffs, their hard structures disappearing into soft foliage.

"I use acrylic paint and I enjoy the diversity of the quick drying medium," said Matear. "It allows me to create a unique finish, where the works have a dry, matte surface and yet still appear to shimmer and glow."