{"id":3583,"date":"2015-09-07T15:57:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T05:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2015-09-07T21:40:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:40:07","slug":"vale-piers-bateman-1947-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3583","title":{"rendered":"Vale Piers Bateman 1947 \u2013 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3583\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p>A great man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/PiersBateman.html\">Piers Dudley- Bateman<\/a> has sadly left us after a tragic boating accident. We are proud to have represented him at Red Hill Gallery for 15 years and held many wonderful exhibitions at the gallery. He was our good friend, a beautiful man, with a wonderful sense of humour and love of adventure and life itself. Piers was a renowned artist and his memory will live on through the legacy of his art. It was never dull when you were around.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Vale-Piers-Bateman.png\" alt=\"Vale Piers Bateman\" width=\"733\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Vale-Piers-Bateman.png 733w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Vale-Piers-Bateman-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c Piers, I will miss you, miss the funny photos you sent from wherever you were in the world, the personal Facebook messages, the many great stories you had to tell and the wonderful exhibitions we held at Red Hill Gallery. It was never dull when you were around. Having known you for 15 years I feel a great loss, my heart goes out to your family and also to Antonio&#8217;s (your brother in law) who was sailing with you.\u201d Margaret Campbell-Ryder Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exact from Facebook post by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/conrad.dudleybateman\/posts\/10153760966350695\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"fwn fcg\"><span class=\"fcg\"><span class=\"fwb\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Conrad Dudley-Bateman<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDroll thing life is &#8212; that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself &#8212; that comes too late &#8212; a crop of inextinguishable regrets.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Joseph Conrad, Heart of darkness<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_55ed6c297196a4c72650865\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<p>I was once told by David Astle that Joseph Conrad had spent years searching for a word to describe the Ocean;<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Relentless<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning it was.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/conrad.dudleybateman\/posts\/10153760966350695\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/conrad.dudleybateman\/posts\/10153760966350695<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Vale-Piers-Bateman4.png\" alt=\"Vale Piers Bateman4\" width=\"1158\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Vale-Piers-Bateman4.png 1158w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Vale-Piers-Bateman4-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Vale-Piers-Bateman4-1024x248.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1158px) 100vw, 1158px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3583\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareA great man Piers Dudley- Bateman has sadly left us after a tragic boating accident. 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