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Vale from Arts In The Valley
Vale Gary Christian who passed away this week after a battle with cancer.Gary is a highly respected painter and sculptor who has lived and worked in the Southern Highlands since 2020 and has been a regular exhibitor with, and supporter of, Arts in the Valley over many years. Gary had over 25 solo exhibitions across…
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Vale Gary Christian
Your browser does not support the video tag. The studio is deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend, artist, sculptor, craftsman and collaborator Gary Christian. Gary and James shared a close friendship spanning 38 years. From the inception of fitzpatrick+partners 25 years ago, Gary was also a constant presence and valued collaborator within…
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Summer January 2026 Journal
I recently went on a field trip to various locations in Australia – we drove along much of theOodnadatta Track, which is 600 kilometres of unsealed road in South Australia. I stopped offat Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, then went onto Alice Springs, the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park,Lake Hart, the salt lakes at Murray-Sunset National Park and…
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Spring Journal
I’ve been creating paint-on-paper work for Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. I’mexhibiting there with fellow artist Bronwyn Berman. We are in BOOTH B21. Theexhibition runs from 11-14 September at Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street,Eveleigh, Sydney, 2015. Sydney Contemporary is Australia’s premier art fair. A couple of weeks ago, Bronwynand I had a chat over coffee. Sometimes being…
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Life’s Odyssey: Painting and Sculpture
I have been working towards my new exhibition Life’s Odyssey: Painting and Sculpture which will be showing from May 3 – 18 at Whitewall Art Projects, Berrima.Please feel free to join us for the opening on Saturday, May 3 at 4 – 6pm at the Gallery. It’s been raining all week, but sunshine is forecast…
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The Ghost Forest
This past month has been a deeply rewarding, fluid convergence of painting, sculpting, and grounding myself in the dirt of the garden. In the main studio, I have been exploring the skeletal forms of a major new sculptural piece, currently carrying the working title ‘The Ghost Forest’. At this early stage, I am honestly not…
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Whitewall Art Projects Gallery
I am thrilled to have my latest work featured in a celebratory inaugural exhibition at the stunning new premises for Whitewall Art Projects Gallery. Curated and managed by artist and dealer Thomas Bucich, the gallery’s new space at Shop 2/13 Old Hume Highway in historic Berrima provides a magnificent, light-filled architectural frame for contemporary art.…
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Fort Scratchley Sculpture Show 2024
Exhibiting outdoor works at the historic Fort Scratchley Sculpture Show in Newcastle, New South Wales, presents a spectacular, raw dialogue between heavy sculptural form and the elements. Standing high on the headland, the site is defined by its sweeping maritime horizons, weathered military stone, and unpredictable coastal winds. Installing work in an environment like this…
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Field Trip: Hiroshima and Kyoto 2016
Traveling through the contrasting landscapes of Hiroshima and Kyoto offers a profound lesson in cultural resilience and intentionality. In Hiroshima, you are confronted with a city that has meticulously rebuilt itself around the memory of absolute devastation, transforming a scar into a living testament to peace and human endurance. Moving from that heavy, historical gravity…
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Field Trip: New Mexico Studio 2019
While traveling through the vast, stark landscapes of New Mexico, I made a deliberate pilgrimage to Los Alamos—the isolated, secretive mesa where the atomic bomb was first designed and built. Following that chilling historical thread, I journeyed deeper into the desert to the Trinity Site, the exact, silent coordinate where the world’s first nuclear detonation…