Artists Bio
I love to paint.
When I am in my studio painting, the outside world seems to slip away and I enter a place where I feel completely present and connected.
The creative process for me is a lot like quenching a thirst; an oasis.
I was introduced to acrylics when I took a painting class at Humboldt State University in 2000. I had always drawn but never painted before and feared that my end product would better resemble a Paint- by-number piece than an actual painting. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I actually had a knack for it and more importantly, a passion. Once I finished the class I dove immediately into figurative art.
I love painting the human body. The female form is a meandering river of curves and motion while the male is a landscape of rigidity, sharp and linear. To stand naked is to completely expose oneself. It’s a stance of purity and vulnerability yet at the same time powerful in its truth: raw and beautiful. This is the essence I try to capture in my paintings. This is the reason I paint nudes.
Fewer things are more rewarding than creating something that I, myself, truly love. It is almost like giving birth to a child, except that I enjoy the process a hell of a lot more.
I actually go through a kind of mourning each time I sell a painting. I bond and feel a connection with each one, a certain relationship depending on what was going on in my life at the time I was creating it and the general mood of the piece. Don’t get me wrong, I want to sell them. And while I do miss them, the realization that my art is being purchased by someone who is inspired by it is extremely rewarding and lends itself to a sense of being connected to someone who I may have met only once, if at all. My art is an extension of myself, an expression of who I am, a piece of me that will remain even after I have gone.
Patty
