Australian Artist Rick Ball specialises in painting strong images of the human spirit within the land, with an outsider’s approach to imaginative Australian painting, dance in art, contemporary Primitive art, expressionist painting, modern primitive thought, and a profound interest in prehistoric issues in art around Broken Hill Australia. Richard Ball artist Broken Hill
Working from his outback studio in Broken Hill, Australia, Rick has 35 years experience as an innovative artist and art teacher to many cultures and subcultures within this multicultural nation and he has held many major art exhibitions Australia-wide, and in Europe, Asia, and New York. Broken Hill artists. brokenhillartists
about broken hillearly works 1975–2001: sydney and the bush series | landscape | dance series | paintings with timber | the human image | magical works
recent works broken hill: introduction | paintings | works on paper | sculptures
recent exhibition broken hill: introduction | simple difficulty 2010: photographs
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| Sydney and the Bush 1984 | Studio Photo by Chris Donaldson 1997 | Sydney and the Bush 2 1997 | The Kick of Leichhardt 1998 | Saturday Afternoon Harbour 1991 – 1998 | Sydney and the Bush 3 1999 – 2001 |
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| The Bush Theatre 1980 | Choir 1985 | Through the Bush to the Beach 1990 – 1991 | An Ancient Dance 1993 – 1993 | Looking for Mudcrabs 1993 | Kakadu 1990 – 1993 | Hillside Sea Dance 1989 – 1993 | View along Nattai Gorge from Mittagong 1998 – 1998 |
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| Dancing Alone in a Room 1985 | The Solitary Dancer 1993 | Dancing in Blue 1993 | A Solitary Dance 1994 – 1996 | Dancing Alone in an Empty Theatre 1993 – 1993 | Dancing Alone on the Verandah 2001 |
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| Harp in a Tree 1997 | Afternoon Harbour with Bush Barnacles 1996 – 1998 | Captain Nemo's Yellow Canoe 1997 | That Place 1991 – 1996 | The Kick of Leichhardt 1998 | High-tide Jazz 1996 | Saturday Afternoon Harbour 1991 – 1998 |
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| On the Bus 1975 | King David's Dance 1979 | Portrait of David Ball 1980 | Portrait of Johnny 1980 | Someone Thinking 1991 | Ageing Artist 1992 | Woman with Hat 1993 | A Human Jewel 1997 | Myself in Later Years 1992 | The Critic 1996 | A father's dance 1984 | Never Smoked a Fag in My Life 1997 | My Mother Was No Oil Painting Either 1998 | Pardonne-moi? 1997 | I'm Outa Here 1997 | Oh I may as well 2000 | I've Forgotten How to Do This 2000 | Friends Meet 1997 | Conversation in Open Air 1997 | A Curious Onlooker 2002 |
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| Childhood Living Room 1980 – 1981 | Rockpool Magic 1980 – 1981 | Dying of Pleasure 1981 |
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| Mallee Root Boy 2005 – 2008 | Tall ancestor 2004 – 2007 | Burial 2006 – 2008 | Rust 2005 | Dance and ashes 2004 – 2008 | Salt and Dog Tree Man 2005 | Rick in Studio at Broken Hill | Boris Meets Boris 2007 | Boris 2007 | Sentinel 2006 – 2010 | Woman, Earth 2006 – 2010 | River Earth 2008 – 2010 |
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| Self-Portrait Dancing 2004 | Poised 2005 | Ancestors: Triptych 2004 | Pirouette 2004 | Sky Dance: Triptych 2004 | Sport 2004 | Pause 2004 | Dancing with Difficulty: Triptych 2005 | Outback Romance: Diptych 2003 | Woman 2005 | Headland 2009 | Red land person 2009 | A Vivid Discussion 2009 | Delicate Woman 2009 | Getting into Position 2009 | Storm Stroke 2009 | The Silence 2009 | It's All in the Feet 2007 | Dancing by Fire 2007 | Men Dancing 2007 | A Mad Dance 2007 | Yellow figure 2010 | Country sassy 2010 | Old Lake man 2010 |
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| Sports fan, and I drive trains 2010 | Getting older and more outspoken [left]Gerald breaks wind [r 2010 |
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| The Simple Difficulty - 1 2010 | The Simple Difficulty - 2 2010 | The Simple Difficulty - 3 2010 | The Simple Difficulty - 4 2010 | The Simple Difficulty - 5 2010 | The Simple Difficulty - 6 2010 | The Simple Difficulty - 7 2010 | Sports fan, and I drive trains 2010 | Getting older and more outspoken [left]Gerald breaks wind [r 2010 | The Simple Difficulty – 2010 | Sentinel and the silence 2010 | Saturday morning, floor talk 2010 | Opening night 2010 |