About me about art

It is a fortunate life that is spent witnessing and recording the world as one sees it, whether recording a moment by photo, media or written word. The mystery of shadows, the drama of chiaroscuro and the tragic beauty of Kintsugi are part of my transitive world.

I have been an artist as long as I can remember. I was maybe four or five and laying on our wooden floor I distinctly remember pulling a green crayon across the paper, watching the grain of the wood magically appear. “I want to do this the rest of my life…” And I have.

Following that path has taken many forms. Thus, over the many years I have been creating, I have crossed paths in depth with nearly every medium: watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, colored pencil, charcoal, graphite, conte, ink, and mixed media. I have studied the elegance of form, light, receding, advancing, reflecting. Slivers of light washing over the form before me, sculpting it into my own interpretation, the melding of color as it becomes another. The fortune has been mine to work successfully in many genres including landscapes, florals, portraiture, still life and abstraction. You can find some of that work in Archives.

With a passionate love for art, and a seemingly restless and sometimes rebellious spirit, I present my humble observations for your viewing and enjoyment.

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“For me, art is a rich & passionate love affair, an obsession. It can consume & frustrate, soothe & console. A voice from somewhere deep inside, it is the place where private thought and intense emotion are allowed free reign, and imagination knows no boundaries.”

- Patrice Herbst