Patrick Fitzgerald Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

This experimental painting entitled “Faster! Faster!” by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald continues his series of abstract “track paintings,” initially born as the imagined racetrac...

This abstract work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculpture...

Entitled "Silk," this oil-on-canvas work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald takes the form of a vintage advertisement to pay homage to the Oscar Heineman Raw Silk Company. Oscar Heineman Co. was established in Chicago's Logan Square...

Entitled "Drawing for Allegheny + Ludlum Car," this work by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald depicts his "A+L Car," one of his miniature soap box derby cars. Each car is branded with an imaginary industrial sponsor, in this case the Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, a steel company from the early 20th century. Mounted on subtle collage materials and paper fragments...

An homage to small ice cream parlors everywhere, "Floats" by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald recreates a shop sign beckoning passerbys to come in for a sweet treat. The original si...

Entitled “Chesterfield,” this work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculptures. Inspired by slot-car racetracks, each painting depicts a meandering, yet cyclical path that twists and turns upon itself in an endless loop. In keeping with Fitzgerald's propensity to borrow from the past, the painting is rendered in a palette of orange, white, and brown taken from the mid-century packaging for Chesterfield cigarettes. Otherwise isolated from time and place, the painting achieves a sense of timelessness and draws a through line linking the past, the present, and the future. “Chesterfield” is part of a body of work Fitzgerald calls his “Neighborhood of Infinity,” a borrowed term used literally to refer to the bounty of materials and creative inspiration he found in the industrial landscapes of his childhood in Grand Rapids, MI. Building from found materials collected over the years, he creates futuristic forms layered with personal memories and keepsakes from the past. Oil, graphite, and collage media...

Entitled “The Straightaway,” this work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined trac...

Entitled “Hippodrome,” this work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box...

Entitled “Nocturne,” this work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box c...

Entitled “Garage,” this work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car...