Rick Rivet Art
Canadian, b. 1949
Rick Rivet is Metis, born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. His family lived by trapping, hunting and fishing. Rivet completed his MFA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1989 and began painting full time. His influences are varied and derive from shamanistic imagery of people the world over, including North American Indigenous, Inuit, Australian Aborigine, Norse, Oceanic and Siberian. Rivet has been the recipient of more than 20 awards, scholarships and bursaries, including a Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis and the Andy Warhol Foundation Fellowship Residency Program for the Heard Museum in Phoenix. His work is in private, corporate and public collections in Canada and the U.S.
(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
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Artist: Rick Rivet
Inside Passage - figurative, abstract, indigenous, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this expressive and colourful large abstract painting by Rick Rivet, a whale swims In icy turquoise Arctic waters. The pristine, crisp bright colour palette of this piece—blues, g...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Fire Face Grizzly - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Drawing from his own rich history and that of indigenous peoples worldwide, Metis artist Rick Rivet has created colourful, dynamic contemporary paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Above the Beach No 5 - blue, green, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Above the Beach No 5 is a part of a series in which Rick Rivet is probing the environmental crisis in Arctic regions. The polar territories of Canada are under serious and imminent threat resulting from pollution, global warming, and poor resource management. Sport hunting is depleting animal resources that local populations need to survive, global warming is melting the polar icecaps threatening polar bear populations, and lead pollution is resulting in poisonous biomagnification levels in some sea animals while plastic pollution is trapping and suffocating others. The major degradative pollution began in the 1950s from nuclear testing which introduced radioactive isotopes produced by nuclear fission into plant and animal life, the effects of which are lethal and long-lasting. The melting resulting from global warming has increased to such a degree that the previously, and notoriously, challenging Northwest passage has opened wide now allowing tourist ships to glide through, further contributing to oil pollution and environmental wear and tear.
The red horizon line in Above the Beach No 5 sketching the intersection of the land with the sky demarcates the pollution that is penetrating every pore of our environment. The snaking cream-coloured lines in the foreground indicate the different paths taken, the journeys that were cut short, the short-sighted policies that taxed the land and fell flat leaving no solutions, the hunting paths, the lack of direction and clear vision. Nevertheless, this painting is not about doom it is about hope. The shock of bright green grass edging the bottom is flecked with yellow from the radiating sun. The sun, high in a cold blue arctic sky, is twice hallowed by a glow of white suggesting reverence for its ability to regenerate life and for us to carry forward together if we build a sustainable and long-sighted path together.
Richard James Rivet was born in the remote area of Aklavik in the Northwest Territories of Canada in 1949. His early years were spent growing up in the delta in a Metis family which made their living by trapping, hunting and fishing. Of Metis background, Rivet's Indigenous roots, and his experience in growing up in Canada's North, have been important factors in his development as an artist. Since 1989, Rivet has worked fulltime on his artwork, mainly concentrating in acrylic painting, mixed media and collage on canvas, with some drawing.
Influences in his artwork are varied and derive from Shamanistic imagery of ancient peoples the world over (North American Indian, Inuit, Australian Aborigine, Norse, Oceanic, Siberian). Equally influential are Western and contemporary influences from various artists and art movements (such as: Edvard Munch, German Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Antoni Tapies, and Paterson Ewen...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Above the Beach 9 - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rick Rivet’s powerful series of contemporary paintings called Above the Beach is designed to address the environmental threats against the Arctic. Pollution, climate change, the oil ...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Northwest Passage-6 - blue, black, indigenous, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A famous 19th-century exploration of the Arctic is the theme of Rick Rivet’s striking series of large abstract paintings called Northwest Passage. In 1845, against the advice of the ...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Franklin Expedition-7 - figurative, abstract, indigenous, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The haunting images of a doomed 19th-century Arctic exploration are the powerful theme behind this series of abstract paintings by Rick Rivet. They memorialize the tragic story of a ...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Above the Beach - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The walrus, an impressively large Arctic animal dominates the canvas in this expressive abstract painting by Rick Rivet. The Metis artist has acquired an international reputation for...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Arctic Wolf - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
With this striking image, Rick Rivet has captured the fierce face of a wolf—eyes focused on the viewer, jaw open to reveal rows of jagged teeth. The Métis artist is known for his col...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Box of Rain - red, blue, white, black, indigenous, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing, dynamic geometric contemporary painting is by Rick Rivet. The Metis artist has acquired an international reputation for his artwork which often offers a poetic, spir...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Grizzly in Ursa Major - bear, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As a Métis artist, Rick Rivet first attracted national attention when his paintings were included in the prestigious Canadian Museum of Civilization’s national exhibition featuring I...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Journey No 19 - white, blue, grey, indigenous, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A grey-earth tinted boat shape trailed by a dark triangular shape on a atmospheric ground of cool white pierces a band of brown and black in this acrylic painting by Rick Rivet. The ...
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1990s Abstract Rick Rivet Art
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Northern Being - contemporary, figurative, indigenous, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary painting of a walrus is by the Metis artist Rick Rivet.
In his powerful expressionist paintings, Rick Rivet pays homage to his indigenous roots and his early life ...
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2010s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
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Journey No 47 - red, white, blue, indigenous, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The slightly rectangular canvas is divided sharply in two: the upper half is painted in a rich navy blue highlighted with light blue strips; the lower is a narrative dominated by a collaged horizontal plinth of red-orange beneath which is sealed a braid of sweet grass...
Category
1990s Contemporary Rick Rivet Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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