Current work is created in an Abstract format through the freedom and play of mark making. After about 20 steps of mark making, mostly with a limited palette, the piece is left to rest and decide what it will become (later). When the piece is revisited by me, after some time and distance, I can look at it with a fresh perspective. I do this on purpose so that I am not trying to create and paint at the same time because that introduces judgment and criticism into the process. Instead after I have made the marks and let it rest I can see what it has to offer for me to tweak and obtain a pleasing result. Sometimes it doesn’t need anything and other times it suggests a path forward.
Exploring Abstract art has been the most relaxing and an exciting creative outlet since my retirement several years ago. I have always been attracted to Architecture and old buildings. Form and composition are what attracts me. I decided to paint Abstracts but had no idea how to begin! Only after studying and working with other Abstract artists and changing to Acrylic paint did I find my niche. I started to look for compositions in everyday items for inspiration. Now I see compositions everywhere. The new process of mark making was an “opener” for me creatively and has freed me up to see and create pieces that flow from a more intuitive process.
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Patty is an Abstract Artist who had been living in the beautiful Fingerlakes Region of Upstate NY and moved to Charlotte, NC two years ago. She started drawing as a child entering those pencil drawing contests in the newspapers in the 1970s! More drawing ensued in High School and then she was off to college and studied American Sign Language, a sort of “visual art”. She pursued a BA in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin after a few years of interpreting, to get out of interpreting, but that didn’t work! Interpreting was a great “Mom Career” and she stayed in it for 30 years. With three kids in their teens she got a Masters in teaching Interpreting from Northeastern University that allowed her to teach at Keuka College in upstate NY. In late 1999 she lived in Massachusetts and she decided to take up Art again and played with watercolor and black and white photography. It was a chance to put all that “Sign Language Art” created in the air onto paper and use those visual/spatial skills in a different way.
Studio tour video
Art Guild Membership
Charlotte Art League, NoDa, Charlotte, NC;
Mill Art Center and Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY;
Arts Center of Yates County, Penn Yan, NY; (Juried Exhibiting Artist Member)
SouthEnd Arts, Charlotte, NC
Toughass Crew Gallery, NoDa, Charlotte, NC
Arts Council of the Southern Fingerlakes, Corning, NY
Permanent Art Exhibit at Charlotte Art League, NoDa, Charlotte, NC
Permanent Exhibit of works at 811 Galleries, Charlotte, NC
Group Exhibitions:
Arts Center of Yates County, Annual Juried Show, August 16 - Sept 26, 2022
Arts Council of the Southern Fingerlakes Member Show July - Sept 2022
2022 SouthEnd Arts “NO BOUNDARIES” Juried Show March - August 2022
2021 SouthEnd ARTS “Justice and Hope” Juried show April 2021
2021 SouthEnd ARTS “Justice and Beauty” Juried show March 2021
2020 Charlotte Art League Winter Juried Show December
2020 Ithaca State of the Art Gallery 2020 Juried Show December
2020 Charlotte Art League Small Works show November
2020 Members Exhibition, Mill Art Center and Gallery August
2020 Juried Exhibition, Arts Center of Yates County August
2020 Just Words Virtual Exhibit June 2020
2020 Ab’strakt Virtual Exhibit April 2020
2019 Members Exhibition Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC
2019 The Chesire Union Gallery, Canandaigua, NY , June 2020
2017 Juried Painting & Photography Exhibit, Art Center of Yates County
2016 Rite of Spring Juried Exhibition, Franklin Street Gallery, Watkins Glen, NY
2016 Painting and Photography Juried Exhibition, Art Center of Yates County
Commissions
2022 Boston, MA
2021 Jersey City, NJ
2020 Seattle, WA
2020 New York, NY