PAINTING
ROBERT RICOV
(CROATIA / AUSTRALIA)
 
DETAILS
Giclée print on canvas
(1/9) Limited edition
Hand signed by the artist
80 x 120 cm
2022
 
DESCRIPTION
A few summers ago I was sitting with a friend in his garden. It is a place decorated with many eclectic things collected over the years. This chandelier, which would seem most ordinary in another environment, was enriched by the many beads and pearls he had hung upon it. The sunlight that beamed through it, the way it cast a shadow upon the blue cloth behind it, also caught my eye. I sat there, envisioning these two cherubs, like guardians of the serenity of this lavish garden, and I knew that I had a new painting. The blue bananas were also an addition from my mind. Blue bananas to compliment blue beads.
 
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Ricov b. 1973 Sydney, Australia BA 1994, College of Visual Arts, Sydney Robert Ricov has been living, working, and exhibiting in Croatia since he moved there in 2022. His oil paintings, in a style he refers to as “surreal maximalist realism,” use symbolism to represent themes such as the loss of innocence, betrayal, and hope. In October of 2023, Robert traveled to the island of Menorca, Spain, where he was mentored by Guillermo Lorca and Martin Wittfooth. It wasn’t until a few months after that he realized how profoundly this experience affected the direction of his work. After Robert became finalist in the Toolip Art Contest in Budapest in 2024, he is represented exclusively by the Toolip Art Gallery.