Richard Chamerski

Richard Chamerski (1951–2022) was an Australian oil painter working in the tradition of the Heidelberg School of Australian Impressionism. Born in 1951, he spent four decades as a professional artist and was widely regarded as one of Australia's leading landscape painters in that style, with his work showing the influence of Rubery Bennett.

He held his first solo exhibition in Melbourne in 1983 and went on to exhibit regularly in Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast. His subjects ranged across Victorian landscapes, coastal scenes — particularly around Portsea, Mornington Peninsula and Mount Macedon — and river scenes including the Yarra and Campaspe. He worked primarily in oils on board and canvas.

Chamerski was also a popular teacher, conducting workshops and producing instructional material on plein air and studio painting. His approach combined on-location studies with finished studio work, consistent with the Heidelberg tradition he admired