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Piers died with his brother-in-law in a boating mishap whilst sailing from Broken Bay to North Arm Cove in NSW. His body was found washed ashore on an isolated part of
Stockton Beach north east of Newcastle on late Friday September 4, 2015. The exact circumstances that led to their death were widely
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Australian painting exhibition with sculptor Marcus Skipper to Broome Western Australia via Alice Springs and the Tanami Desert returning through the Kimberley, Darwin and Cairns. Due to the adverse physical conditions of this trip he experimented with gouache and
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Australian art collectors and was recognised and encouraged by established artists such as Vic O'Conner and Charles Blackman. Blackman in particular helped Bateman establishes connections in the Sydney art community. An invitation to participate in a survey exhibition of
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Bateman sold his Bush studio at St. Andrews, which, after a battle with the local council due to its lack of building permits was subsequently placed on a heritage register as building of historical significance. The property was bought by Dr. Frank Pierce the prominent
Melbourne surgeon and his
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Mervyn
Moriarty was a strong influence giving intellectual basis to much of Bateman's intuitive approach to painting particularly in regard to his understanding of colour. Also this period proved to be very influential on Bateman's approach to the landscape where he experimented with an aerial
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Painting in Eritrea with Photographer Bill Mosley, journalist Thornten McCamish and Documentary Film Maker Brent Masters. Exhibition of the resulting work was later shown that year in Melbourne at Delshan Gallery and Gallery 235 Sydney.
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Australia extended an invitation to visit their Weipa operations giving further opportunity to explore remote areas of Australia. Later that year he was guest of Pilbara Resources Ltd. At their Marble Bar project in Western Australia.
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Williamstown, Port Melbourne and Mornington, painting and developing a fascination for the sea. A painting from this time "Scallop Boats Mornington" was purchased by the
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Bateman to buy 30 acres of bush at St. Andrews on the outskirts of Melbourne, where he built a studio of mud brick. This bush setting exerted a powerful influence on his work.
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acrylic as a medium for the first time. Working on large canvases in oil back in his studio, these gouache impressions were the basis of his 'Red Desert' series which brought him wide recognition in
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perspective to his iconic outback paintings giving a new and evocative view of the flat landscape. This aerial perspective approach to the landscape was also explored by the Australian painter Fred Williams.
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Proudman, Neelima Choahan and Dan (5 September 2015).
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