Artist – Ann Williams-Fitzgerald
‘Resurrection’
“As a practising visual artist and independent curator, my interests are multi-faceted, and I work across all media. My art is an attempt to allow the image to make itself clear with minimal influence of the mind, by a process of being still and receptive to what it is that wants to be captured. I have always been passionate about making my art. I use the journey of artistic expression as a doorway inward. Uncovering ever deepening ways of ‘being’ into the experience of life, transmitting to the viewer the sublime metaphors through symbols, colour, and rich backgrounds. I draw inspiration from my intuition and interpretation on life experience. My work crosses over into abstract expressionism and minimalism”. – Annie Fitz
Ann has a Master of Contemporary Arts from UTAS and is actively involved in the arts in the George Town region. Ann has had 23 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 33 combined group exhibitions. After taking a hiatus from art she decided to rekindle her true passion after moving back to Tasmania. Ann has worked as a TAFE arts teacher and associate lecturer in Illustration & Visualisation (drawing) at CQ University for 10 years. She has experience in researching, planning, designing, developing and delivering training courses in the visual arts, photography and metaphysics.
Artworks by Ann Williams-Fitzgerald
‘BODY’
A personal visual language of colours and symbols. To me colours, symbols and shapes can convey strong emotions. In this 2-panel work titled Body & Soul, I have used green to convey the sense of body or the physical and purple to convey a sense of soul or the spiritual.
‘SOUL’
A personal visual language of colours and symbols. To me colours, symbols and shapes can convey strong emotions. In this 2-Panel work titled Body & Soul, I have used green to convey the sense of body or the physical and purple to convey a sense of soul or the spiritual.
Bloodlines-Mutation
This work is about our hereditary bloodlines and the gene mutations we can carry, that may affect our future generations. Blood Runs Deep Exhibition 2021 size: 30.5cmx30.5cm
Merging Visions – Orchids#3
The images are photographs and other mix media [watercolours, graphite] merged together to form an unusual blending of these two very different mediums to produce prints and artist books
Merging Visions – Hibiscus Dreams
Gerald Man is the artistic name of photographer Ann FitzGERALD & printmaker Juanita WallMAN. A merging of two names, two visions, two mediums and two artists. The images are photographs and other mix media [etchings, watercolours, graphite] merged together to form an unusual blending of these two very different mediums to produce prints and artist books.
Merging Visions – Frangipani
The images are photographs and other mix media [etchings, watercolours, graphite] merged together to form an unusual blending of these two very different mediums to produce prints and artist books
‘Medicine Basket’
Weaving and Meditating and taking time for Self.
‘The Questioning’
Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. Size: 101.6cmx101.6cm
‘We Remember – A Nebo Journey’
We will remember them. So many crosses along the highway from Nebo to Mackay. Someone’s father, someones husband, someone’s son and someone’s friend
‘Self’
This work represents one’s journey through conception, birth, marriage, death and reincarnation. To me this circle of life is a never ending dynamic. The essence of self. Size: 80cmx100cm
‘Circles of Life’
This work is about the journey of life being a blank canvas, with lots of movement and emotions going on around us. It’s about marriage/union of two becoming three. It’s the rhythm or music of life. Size: 115cmx150cm
‘The Portal’
To me, doors are portals for entry and exits into other worlds, other realities.
Multiple dimensions co-existing with portals of entry. Size: 45.7cmx45.7cm
‘Threads of Life’ Artist Book
Meditation and contemplation is a power that taps into a dimension of awareness, one that is outside space and time. It’s like stepping through a doorway into another space and time.
‘Continue the Journey’ 2020
And the Music Goes On Exhibition 2020. This work is about remembrance and the journey forward – listening to the music of life. C Type Photographic Print.
‘Down By the river – Rust & Rope’
The importance for me as a photographer is not just to record the growing desolation of isolated items, buildings and locations but to react to what I see – exploring the interplay of light, texture, and colour as an item slowly falls apart. Previous owners provided the raw materials of structure, form, and function at the old boat jetties along the Pioneer River. C Type Photographic Print.
‘The Silent Scream’ 2023
“The Silent Scream” is an expressive and emotive painting that I created for the Minds Do Matter exhibition “Adapt.” Through the use of acrylic paint, oil stick, oil pastel and chinagraph pencils on a beechwood panel, I aimed to capture the struggles and challenges individuals face while adapting to life’s constant changes. The painting portrays a subject encapsulated in a moment of intense emotion, visually depicting their silent cry for help amidst the chaos of adaptation. The mix of mediums creates a layered texture that mirrors the complexity of the human experience when confronting unforeseen circumstances and transformations.
30.48cm x 30.48cm. Acrylic paint, oil pastel, crayon, paper, chinagraph & prismacolor pencils on Birchwood Art Board Panel.
‘The Struggle’ 2023
The struggle of haemochromatosis and the walking around in an endless brain fog-like fatigue. Words that swirl around in my head during the day to remind me that I am fragile, shattered, wrecked, haggard, exhausted, zonked, shell-shocked and tired all the time. Welcome to the struggle and world of haemochromatosis.
30.48cm x 30.48cm.
Acrylic paint, oil pastel, crayon, paper, chinagraph & prismacolor pencils on Birchwood Art Board Panel.
‘Endurance’ 2023
It has been said that “Spirit will not send you more than you can handle” but this philosophy is certainly challenging when you are living and enduring an invisible illness every day. Endurance is my constant companion and gives me the capacity and courage to keep moving forward and suffer through it, even when I feel like I am being pulled down and bent over backwards, racked with the daily pain that is invisible to most people. This is certainly the Chaos Within for me. Endurance is my companion to keep going, despite the fatigue.
45cm x 45cm
Acrylic paint, chinagraph pencil, ink, string and hessian on canvas.
‘Courage ~ Fatih ~ Hope ~ Love’ 2022
Courage for me is about having Faith, Hope and Love.
Faith in yourself to face the daily challenges and act on your beliefs despite the setbacks. Hope in the future and the faith to grab it with both hands and move forward. Love yourself and others unconditionally with no judgment. Courage comes from the heart as the seat of our feelings.
508mm x 762mm
Acrylic Paint, Oil Pastel, Oil Stick, and Conte.
‘Beacon of Hope’ 2024
In this semi-abstract piece, I invite viewers to embrace both the monumental and the minute aspects of their lives. Let us find strength in the guiding lights and solace in the simple joys, shining brightly and standing out, while also appreciating the beauty that surrounds us in the smallest of forms. Together, these elements create a tapestry of hope, resilience, and a profound appreciation for the little things that make life meaningful.
300mm x 900mm
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
