Previous Exhibition

Rich Allen —
Fleeting World

Sep 2 – Sep 17, 2021

About the Artist      

The theme of Rich’s watercolour drawings is INTIMISM, [quiet time, slow time], and his subject is the female figure and pattern. He has enthusiastically worked across 12 years in the pursuit of mastery, clocking up over 20,600 hours of dedicated practice time. 

While the artistic practice spans physical drawings, Rich has developed a highly philosophical understanding of his journey and his overall practice is made up of artworks on paper and talks, evidencing and theorizing on how his personal vision for mastery is attained.

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This Time Only   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 640 gsm
76 x 28 cm
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This One Meeting   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Spirit Rising Surrender I   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Surrender II   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Spirit XI   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Stellar Spirit I   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Stellar Spirit II   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 640 gsm
76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit I   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit II   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Fleeting Spirit I   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Fleeting Spirit II   2021

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76 x 28 cm
Unframed: $595. Framed: Italian, Anthracite, $795

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Spirit Rising I   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 640 gsm
76 x 28 cm
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Spirit Rising II   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Nurture   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 640 gsm
76 x 28 cm
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First Step   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit III   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit IV   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit V   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit VI   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 640 gsm
76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit VII   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 640 gsm
76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit VIII   2021

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Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
76 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit IX   2021

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76 x 28 cm
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…all This Fleeting World   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
40 x 29.5 cm
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Floating Spirit Study Three   2020

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40 x 29.5 cm
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Spirit II 1051   2020

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
40 x 29.5 cm
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Spirit II 1052   2020

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
40 x 29.5 cm
$420 Sold

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Elevation Four   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 19.5 cm
$150 Sold

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Elevation One   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 19.5 cm
$150 Sold

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Elevation Three   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 19.5 cm
$150 Sold

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Elevation Two   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 19.5 cm
$150 Sold

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Reveal In Sienna   2020

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 19.5 cm
$150 Sold

August Residency Five   2021

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Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
28 x 19.5 cm
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August Residency Three   2021

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28 x 19.5 cm
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August Residency Two   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 19.5 cm
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August Residency Four   2021

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Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 21.5 cm
$85

August Residency One   2021

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Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 21.5 cm
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August Residency Six   2021

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29.5 x 21.5 cm
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Process Persist Perform One   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 21.5 cm
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Process Persist Perform Three   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
29.5 x 21.5 cm
$85 Sold

Process Persist Perform Two   2021

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29.5 x 21.5 cm
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A Bubble In A Stream   2021

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Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Framed

A Flickering Lamp   2021

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17 x 12 cm
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A Phantom   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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A Star At Dawn   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Adjustment Left   2020

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Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Framed

Adjustment Right   2020

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17 x 12 cm
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And A Dream   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 640 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Sold

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Floating Pattern Four   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Sold

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Floating Pattern One   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Floating Pattern Three   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Floating Pattern Two   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Sold

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Holding Pattern One   2019

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Holding Pattern Two   2019

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Sold

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In A Summer Cloud   2021

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Sold

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Jacaranda Jive One   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Sold

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Jacaranda Jive Two   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Morocco Mémoire One   2019

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17 x 12 cm
$85 Framed

Morocco Mémoire Two   2019

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17 x 12 cm
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Rotation Four   2020

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
$85 Sold

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Rotation One   2020

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Rotation Three   2020

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Rotation Two   2020

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Vertical Pattern One   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Vertical Pattern Two   2021

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
17 x 12 cm
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Spirit IV   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Spirit I   2020

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
38 x 28 cm
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Spirit VI   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Spirit V   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit Study One   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Spirit VII   2020

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
38 x 28 cm
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Moonflower Three   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit Study Two   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Spirit VIII   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit Study Eight   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Lost In The Moment IV   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Trois Figures Feminines I   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit Study Eleven   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit Study Nine   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit Study Ten   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Lost In The Moment VI   2020

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
38 x 28 cm
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Reveal I   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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A Quiet Moment Of Attitude   2019

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38 x 28 cm
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Floating Spirit Study Six   2020

Pencil and watercolour on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
38 x 28 cm
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KW With Attitude   2020

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38 x 28 cm
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Moments of Movement X3   2019

Pencil on Saunders Waterford CP 425 gsm
38 x 28 cm
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Fleeting World I — Erik Williamson   2021

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Photographic print
61 x 50.5 cm

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Fleeting World II — Erik Williamson   2021

Photographic print
61 x 50.5 cm

Fleeting World III — Erik Williamson   2021

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Photographic print
61 x 50.5 cm

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Fleeting World Series — Erik Williamson   2021

Photographic print

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Floating Fabric I   2021

Full-color image on Shimex fabric
150 x 50 cm
$200 Sold

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Floating Fabric II   2021

Full-color image on Shimex fabric
200 x 50 cm
$250 Sold

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Floating Fabric III   2021

Full-color image on Shimex fabric
250 x 50 cm
$300 Sold

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Floating Fabric IV   Full-color image on Shimex fabric

Full-color image on Shimex fabric
200 x 50 cm
$250 Sold

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Floating Fabric V   2021

Full-color image on Shimex fabric
150 x 50 cm
$200 Sold

About the Artist

Rich Allen

Rich Allen describes himself as “a London-Brit by birth, and an Australian by choice!” 

He studied painting and drawing between 1968 and 1973, and is an honours graduate from the Central St Martins School of Art, in London. 

Following six years teaching art and coaching sport at high school level in The Bahamas, Rich migrated to Brisbane in 1982, and on arrival opened a graphic design practice specialising in corporate identity [a service he describes as making business strategy visible through design and defines as one of “differentiation by design”]. Following a great deal of soul searching, fuelled by a desire for personal re-invention, Rich returned to his fine art origins on a full-time basis, in late 2009.

Working with the single-minded theme of ‘intimism’ [capturing quiet/fleeting moments], and driven by process, Rich’s approach is organised and measured, with all his time accurately recorded. In April 2021, he accrued 20000 hours of practice [comprising two scopes of 10000 hours, one carrying the moniker ‘apprentice’ and the other ‘journeyman’]. He has calculated and charted the various dates during which he believes “brief spells of progress” have been achieved, and is currently engaged in a third scope as ‘artisan’. He has given this 10000-hour target the title: “Surrender to Uncertainty”. 

Rich states: “I believe that my work is simply about a disciplined pursuit towards some sort of mastery.” He adds: “Mastery is best expressed through this definition by Aikido master George Leonard. It reads: ‘MASTERY: the mysterious process during which what is at first difficult, becomes progressively easier and more pleasurable through practice. Embracing and enjoying plateaus of pure practice is paramount to my processes of working.”

In more recent years, Rich has developed a presentation: “talking in whispers”, which he has given to a number of professional entities, including the Australian Institute of Architects’ continuing development programme throughout 2019. This illustrated talk is divided into a number of segments, verbalizing and visualizing his journey from its outset.

About the Curator

Laura Brinin

Laura Brinin is a curator of contemporary art, currently facilitating the vibrant program at Side Gallery in the heart of Red Hill, Brisbane. With an unwavering passion for nurturing connections with emerging and established creatives, Laura is dedicated to fostering artistic growth through avenues such as social media, branding, and identity development.

Laura has exhibited her own work both in Australia and overseas, as well as working as an independent freelance curator across Brisbane for over ten years. In her downtime, you can find her reading, travelling, or stalking dogs.