| Meet the Artist |
Patti has been a working artist for over 20 years. She studied
art at the college level, receiving an art minor early in her
career from Eastern Michigan University, and an art major
from Siena Heights University (Michigan) in 1990. Although
she has worked in many media including ceramics, printing,
and photography, her natural bent has always been drawing
and most particularly painting. For years she worked in
watercolor, but in the past eight years has worked in oils.
As an award winning artist, Patti’s work has appeared in
galleries and shows across the country. People own her art
from California to the Chicago, IL area, to Florida and along
the East Coast. Her subject matter ranges from figurative to
landscape, from still life to abstract. Her work is characterized
by bold color, and, in the case of oils, noticeable texture. She
is a member of the Brighton Art Guild and the Ann Arbor
Women Artists, both groups being located in Michigan where
she resides.
art at the college level, receiving an art minor early in her
career from Eastern Michigan University, and an art major
from Siena Heights University (Michigan) in 1990. Although
she has worked in many media including ceramics, printing,
and photography, her natural bent has always been drawing
and most particularly painting. For years she worked in
watercolor, but in the past eight years has worked in oils.
As an award winning artist, Patti’s work has appeared in
galleries and shows across the country. People own her art
from California to the Chicago, IL area, to Florida and along
the East Coast. Her subject matter ranges from figurative to
landscape, from still life to abstract. Her work is characterized
by bold color, and, in the case of oils, noticeable texture. She
is a member of the Brighton Art Guild and the Ann Arbor
Women Artists, both groups being located in Michigan where
she resides.
In addition to the creative life, Patti's interests include reading, walking, and yoga. There are two loves in her life—
creating art, and being with her beautiful family which now numbers eleven persons in all. The joy she feels in her
life is what she endeavors to translate into her art.
Drawing and painting have been a part of who I am since I could hold a
pencil or crayon as a tot. Art is my inner and outer world. I think in colors,
and I even drive based on visual cues. There is really no subject off limits
to me from landscape to figure drawing, from still lifes to the abstract.
The core of my work is simplicity of subject matter, and a painterly
approach; that is to say I prefer the art to not just replicate a photo, but to
look hand crafted and to be truly one of a kind and not a print. My art is
never reproduced, and is always an original.
The ultimate meaning of the art is complete only when the viewer of it
brings his/her own reaction to it beyond any conscious or subconscious
intent on my part.
pencil or crayon as a tot. Art is my inner and outer world. I think in colors,
and I even drive based on visual cues. There is really no subject off limits
to me from landscape to figure drawing, from still lifes to the abstract.
The core of my work is simplicity of subject matter, and a painterly
approach; that is to say I prefer the art to not just replicate a photo, but to
look hand crafted and to be truly one of a kind and not a print. My art is
never reproduced, and is always an original.
The ultimate meaning of the art is complete only when the viewer of it
brings his/her own reaction to it beyond any conscious or subconscious
intent on my part.
| Artist Statement |
| Resume |
Education
1991 Teacher Certification, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
1971 Master of Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1969 Bachelor of Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Exhibitions
2009 Community Arts of Tecumseh, MI Instructors Show
2008 Sweetwater Café Ann Arbor, MI 3 person *AAWA
2007, 08, 10 Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI juried
2006 Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI *AAWA juried
(juror Dean of Art and Design UM)
2003, 05 University of MI, Michigan League solo shows
2005 Croswell Opera House, Adrian, MI solo show
2005 Brighton Library Brighton, MI two person
2003, 2001 Milford Village Fine Arts Association juried, award
2001-04 Brighton Art Guild All Member Show award
2000 Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL juried
(juror Diane Welzian, B.F.A Parsons School of Design)
1999 Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL award
(juror Susan Senseman, Acting Director of School of Art,
University of Chicago, co-president Artemisia Gallery)
1999 “Arizona Aqueous”, Tubac, AZ juried
1998 Campbell House Gallery, Geneva, IL juried
1991 Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI three person show
Gallery Affiliations
Ave Maria Gallery, Ann Arbor Michigan 2003
Gallery 129 ½, Geneva, IL (1999)
Water Tower Art Studio, (Gold Coast), Chicago, IL (1999)
Publications
2001 Cellar Roots (Award Winning art publication by E.M.U)
Professional Affiliations
Brighton Art Guild, Brighton MI (BAG)
*Ann Arbor Woman Artists, Ann Arbor, MI (AAWA)
Community Arts of Tecumseh (CAT), Tecumseh, MI
1991 Teacher Certification, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
1971 Master of Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1969 Bachelor of Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Exhibitions
2009 Community Arts of Tecumseh, MI Instructors Show
2008 Sweetwater Café Ann Arbor, MI 3 person *AAWA
2007, 08, 10 Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI juried
2006 Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI *AAWA juried
(juror Dean of Art and Design UM)
2003, 05 University of MI, Michigan League solo shows
2005 Croswell Opera House, Adrian, MI solo show
2005 Brighton Library Brighton, MI two person
2003, 2001 Milford Village Fine Arts Association juried, award
2001-04 Brighton Art Guild All Member Show award
2000 Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL juried
(juror Diane Welzian, B.F.A Parsons School of Design)
1999 Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL award
(juror Susan Senseman, Acting Director of School of Art,
University of Chicago, co-president Artemisia Gallery)
1999 “Arizona Aqueous”, Tubac, AZ juried
1998 Campbell House Gallery, Geneva, IL juried
1991 Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI three person show
Gallery Affiliations
Ave Maria Gallery, Ann Arbor Michigan 2003
Gallery 129 ½, Geneva, IL (1999)
Water Tower Art Studio, (Gold Coast), Chicago, IL (1999)
Publications
2001 Cellar Roots (Award Winning art publication by E.M.U)
Professional Affiliations
Brighton Art Guild, Brighton MI (BAG)
*Ann Arbor Woman Artists, Ann Arbor, MI (AAWA)
Community Arts of Tecumseh (CAT), Tecumseh, MI
