Wednesday luncheon #4959 with Catherine Fitz-Gerald

Catherine Fitz-Gerald is a multidisciplinary, South Australian artist recognised for her masterful skills in handling light and luminous colour. Her practice uses traditional oil painting, abstractions, installation and video, with research and inclusive community engagement, to illuminate issues important to the community. This year Catherine completed training to audio describe artworks for the vision impaired.

Catherine has also independently published three limited-edition art books as outcomes of residencies or exhibitions.
Her work develops in a series of extended investigations, exploring the common threads that bind us as people and communities. Recurring themes include intergenerational and intercultural education, seasonal produce and domestic making, memory, climate change and ecosystems at risk. Curiosity and experimentation underpin her expressive practise.
By taking the well-known genre of still life and gently pushing it into a different plane, her work challenges the viewer to pause and revaluate every-day moments.
An award winning artist, Catherine has participated in and curated many group and solo exhibitions with great success. Her work can be found in private collections throughout Australia, USA, Malaysia, Europe and New Zealand.