Rick Carter is an emerging artist based on Bundjalung Country, in the Northern Rivers of NSW. After many years working in design and photography, Rick sought greater creative freedom. In 2023, he began expanding his artistic practice while studying at the Byron School of Art.

His mixed media paintings are informed by the rural landscape of his childhood, documented through his aerial photograph, the rolling expanses of the local hinterland, and the immersive layers of his own garden.

Initial marks suggest roads, fences and creeks intersecting with crops, bare earth, and remnants of the original bush. As layers build and shapes are simplified or added they become abstract compositions that suggest more than the original landscape.

Texture plays a central role in the formation of the work. Through the incorporation of soil and paper, alongside etching, sanding and carving, that build depth and reveal traces of what lies beneath, echoing the complexity and materiality of the natural world.

Rick has participated in several group shows including the Emerging Artist Exhibition (2025) at Sydney Road Gallery and the Plateau Art Prize (2026). He has also held solo photographic exhibitions and has twice been a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize.