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Rick Carey
Biography
Rick and Thelma Carey comprise Australian country music's most famous double act, Rick and Thel.
1 portrait in the collection
Rick Carey, WA, 1998 (printed 2004)
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Peter Carey AO
Biography
Peter Carey (b. 1943) is an author whose novels sweep between the fantastic and the realistic, the comic and the tragic, and the present and the past.
3 portraits in the collection
Peter Carey, 1989
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Peter Carey, 1989 (printed 2002)
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Peter Carey in Kelly country, 2000
Bruce Armstrong
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on board
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Barry Hill, 1993
Rick Amor
Portrait, drypoint and roulette on wove paper
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Painting writing
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Rick Amor
Biography
Rick Amor (b. 1948) is a Victorian-based painter, printmaker and sculptor.
27 portraits in the collection
Rick Smolan
Biography
Rick Smolan (b. 1949) began his career as a photographer for Time, Life and National Geographic.
2 portraits in the collection
Shining light, 2008
by Rick Carter
Image
Self portrait, 2005
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Self portrait, 1999
Rick Amor
Portrait, drypoint on paper
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Observation point
Magazine article by Rick Amor, 2021
While visiting the National Portrait Gallery I noticed the absence of paintings of journalists.
Times like these
Magazine article by Gavin Fry, 2010
Gavin Fry examines the art and career of the Australian painter Rick Amor.
Rick Amor
21 Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2014
Rick Amor, noblest yet most unaffected of contemporary Australian portraitists, is also a painter of enigmatic, ominous landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes that haunt the viewer like dreams, dimly-recalled.