This will be an occasional series looking at past works by Richard Maurovic.

The first image selected is also the first coloured acrylic painting Maurovic did in 1994. It was painted soon after he won $1000 of art materials in an art competition sponsored by Winsor & Newton.

Maurovic says:

I never used acrylic paint before so I thought it might be a good subject to start with and was pleased with the result. I painted it on heavy watercolour paper because I’d not yet tried painting on canvas.

Roadworks, Park Street, Hyde Park (SA) 1994 // Acrylic on paper // 27cm x 42cm