DETAILS:
40" x 30"
Acrylic on Canvas
Original Art Work
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Patricia Turner
Patricia is a self-taught artist with a smattering of formal and private instruction. She learned to render portraits with pencil and pastel, and paint Texas landscapes in oils and acrylics from how-to-draw and paint art books and privately studied with various Texas artists. In the late 80’s she moved to Los Angeles where her interests changed to abstraction and collage.
Intuitive Process:
When starting a new work, she energizes the canvas with black random marks, filling the negative areas. Then saturated colors are added and subtracted, large and small shapes are pushed around, areas of darks and lights are balanced as well as warms and cools. Layers and collage elements are constantly evaluated and values are studied until the painting takes on a personality and flow. This process keeps her work fun to do and constantly changing. For this reason, you will see examples of many genres in her artwork.
Formal Education:
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Daugherty Art Center, Austin, Texas –pastel figurative and portraiture (1991-1992)
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University of Houston School of Fine Art (1985-87). drawing and painting
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Del Mar College School of Fine Art (1967)-1968). Graphic Arts, Drawing and painting
Exhibitions:
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The Pink Poppy Artisan Gallery 2021 to present
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The White Elephant Gallery (2019 to 2020)
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Cultivate7Twelve, Waco, Texas (2018-2019)
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The Vineyard at Florence, Texas (2016 to 2020)
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The Hollow Restaurant and Gallery - Georgetown, Texas (2015-2016)
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LagunaArt.co (2016)
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570 Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (2015)
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Pink Poppy Artisans Gallery, Georgetown, Texas (2013-2014)
Curatorial Projects:
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New Braunfels Art League -Sole Juror for the "Break it Down" Abstract Show, August 13, 2019
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Oktoberfest Arts Festival, Jonestown, Texas - 2008, Curator and lead juror for artists' submissions
Personal: Patricia and her husband Richard are retired and live in Georgetown, Texas. She has been painting professionally for 30 years.
Instagram: @pturner112
