{"title":"Ric Burkitt","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 1.0cm; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eRic Burkitt is a professional artist and painting educator based in Stoneville, in the Perth Hills. A former graphic designer, he now works full-time from his studio, developing a practice that encompasses a diverse range of styles and mediums. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 1.0cm; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eBurkitt is particularly recognised for his striking and dynamic abstract works, which explore the expressive possibilities of non-representational painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 1.0cm; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eHis recent practice extends into mixed-media landscapes in a lively, intuitive style that captures the energy of the landscape and evokes the mood and atmosphere of the Stoneville region. Through a considered use of colour, line, shape, and texture, he seeks to create emotional resonance and convey a poetic sense of place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 1.0cm; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eIn 2025, Burkitt was awarded the Ellenbrook Arts Prize and named a finalist in the Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape. His solo exhibition, Far Horizons, was presented at the Mundaring Arts Centre from June to August 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 1.0cm; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eBurkitt holds a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art, with Distinction) from Curtin University of Technology, awarded in 1992.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/9439\/2410\/collections\/44327487-1C74-4699-B57E-157FF2334851_1_105_c.jpg?v=1761732844","url":"https:\/\/www.yallingupgalleries.com.au\/collections\/ric-burkitt.oembed","provider":"Yallingup Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}