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Ocean Eyes

Oil on Canvas Size: 80 x 60cm Framed: 94 x 74cm "Ocean Eyes" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the...

Oil on Canvas
Size: 80 x 60cm
Framed: 94 x 74cm

"Ocean Eyes" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
The artist portrayed his friend and lover Sarah. Her expression takes him back - not just to a single moment, but a collection of fond memories. This feeling accurately reflects how some memories morph and blend, where their specificity can fade with time. This blending of memories and stories is what the artist re-created in her expression. The ocean eyes - dreamy, with a warmth and a connection.

$4,200.00

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Labyrinth

Oil on Canvas
Size: 80 x 60cm
Framed: 94 x 74cm

"Labyrinth" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
The portrait of the young girl captures an existential sense of endlessness, that has as little or as much meaning as the viewer gives to it. The model sits poised, waiting for the artist to organize his camera after a couple of hours of chatting and taking reference photos. In taking this last shot, he seems to capture a moment of reflection, maybe even boredom. But looking back on it, the muse serves to mirror more about the artist than it does of her.

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Bemba, Baby

Oil on Canvas
Size: 80 x 60cm
Framed: 94 x 74cm

"Bemba, Baby" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
The model, named Hlambase, hails from Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, where a large amount of the Bemba tribe resides. The Bemba tribe is the largest ethnic group of Zambia, ruled by the Chitimukulu. Hlambase is also a princess of the Bemba people.
“It takes a village to raise a child”, is the first thing Hlambase mentioned when describing her upbringing. A time of her life she holds dearly and remembers so fondly.

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Chloe

Oil on Canvas
Size: 80 x 60cm
Framed: 94 x 74cm

"Chloe" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
When sitting for this piece, the artist was chasing the final hours of the Australian sun for the afternoon. The time of the day when shadows hold strong blues and purples, with incredible oranges and yellows being found in the light. The creation of this backdrop further explored this golden hour, creating these warm circles by dipping various tea light housing in paint and then highlighting the circumference of the shapes produced.

$4,200.00

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Far Away

Oil on Canvas
Size: 110 x 110cm
Framed: 124 x 124cm

"Far Away" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
It shows Chloe, the young woman, in soft whites on blue background with motives that describe her inner world. The artist has known the model for over 3 years now, despite that amount of time there is much that he feels he still can learn about her. She is softly spoken, leaving plenty of room for her creative expression through her abstract artwork and very calculated fashion sense. Her large-scale artwork is inspired by Australian native flora with very subtle changes in color pallet, whilst heavily textured. It seems to mirror this sense of mystery that is created around her, subtleties of her personality that will show in brief glimpses before they hide back away.

$6,800.00

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Mother, Daughter, Sisters

Oil on Canvas
Size: 110 x 110cm
Framed: 124 x 124cm

"Mother, Daughter, Sisters" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
It portraits Hlambase - a Zambian Model who lives in Australia. The very happy and inclusive woman, whose energy is contagious. As the layers of her story were revealed there layed a longing. A longing for her sister who is living and working in Glasgow but cannot be visited due to COVID and a longing for her mother, who raised them both on her own, was the center of their worlds and passed away a few years ago. Hlambase looks very similar to her sister and was often asked if her mother was also her sister. The woman you see is both Hlambase, an ode to her closeness to her mother and her sister, but also the difficult reality that neither of them can be with her.

$6,800.00

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Get Your Head in the Clouds

Oil on Canvas
Size: 80 x 60cm
Framed: 94 x 74cm

"Get Your Head in the Clouds" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
It portraits Michael, the Australian musician. When you listen to his music, a sense of calm is created, reflecting much of how Michael lives his life. Having suffered from anxiety which peaked halfway through his University degree, he has since adopted meditation and mindfulness to stay present and embrace the things that are bigger than him to give his life and problems context. Having a deep fascination with meteorology the artist found it certainly fitting to convey these themes of mental health and the bigger things through a single cloud above his head. It isn’t looming, he is moving towards it.

$4,200.00

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Glow

Oil on Canvas
Size: 110 x 110cm
Framed: 124 x 124cm

"Glow" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and part of the Moment of Encounter Series.
It portraits a Mauritian descent Girl. The artist was reflecting on the strong positive attributes of the model - work ethic, generosity and palpable openness the artist experienced when he meet her, holding an incredible connection to her faith, her family, her homeland and the history behind both of them. Richards looked further into Maurtius’ fascinating history, which like much of the world holds tragedy through the processes of colonization. Through the backdrop of her portrait you’ll find glimpses of this history, but more so depictions and symbols of the models beautifully diverse heritage and the pride she holds for them.

$6,800.00

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The Noise

Oil on Canvas
Size: 51 x 76cm

$2,400.00

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Banksia

Oil on Canvas
Size: 66 x 66cm

"Banksia" is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards and one of the artist's Self Portraits. 
The title alludes to resilience, which the young artist is trying to cultivate in recent times.
The Banksia is a very resilient Australian plant species and is depicted all through the background.

$2,900.00

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Sujee’s Brother

Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 90 x 150cm
Framed: 95 x 155cm

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Miss Priya Premkumar

Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 106 x 106cm
Framed: 119 x 119cm

This Original Painting by Cameron Richards is the piece that won him the Shirley Hannan Portraiture Price. Richards, who picks up $50,000 (Australia’s richest prize for realistic portraiture) for his work, said the portrait explores his strong first impression of Priya who he describes as his superior at work and life.
“Three years into our friendship, the creation of this piece has been incredibly positive and admittedly tedious. My understanding of how Priya has come to be has deepened while painting as I have explored the complexities of her life: Australian, Sri Lankan, and personal ideations, all intermingled and juxtaposed,” Mr. Richards said.

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Surfer

Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 75 x 100cm
Framed: 80 x 105cm

Surfer is an original Oil painting by Cameron Richards is one of his early works picturing the artist's father who is a passionate surfer. The piece shows a man and his surfboard on a white background.

$2,250.00

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Sarah

Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 91 x 61cm
Framed: 95 x 64cm

This original Oil painting by Cameron Richards is one of his recent works picturing the artist's girlfriend in an unusual way - sitting on an unseen chair. 
Richards says: “This is my partner Sarah. This expression is the window to her soul, a moment where all the walls come down and I get to truly look at someone I love deeply.”

$2,950.00

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Curl Girl

Oil on Canvas
Size: 81 x 106cm
Framed: 85 x 110cm

This original Oil painting by Cameron Richards is one of his recent works picturing the artist's girlfriend Sarah, which he loves to paint and use as a model for his many paintings. The piece shows a young woman with curly hair on a light background.