Vale Peter Powditch. Image courtesy James Powditch.
From a household name in the 1970s, to an introvert living in the Byron hinterland for the past two decades, Peter Powditch is an artist and educator who came to success at the moment when Australia was defining its identity. He died on Saturday evening, 13 February, aged 79.
His death did not come as a surprise. An asthmatic who loved smoking, Powditch had suffered chronic emphysema for most of his adult life.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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