BIO

Patrick is a self-taught painter and native Washingtonian. He lives and works in Washington DC. His work has been shown in the DC area, in New York City, and in Asheville (NC). Commissions hang at homes in seven states and counting. He is always available to talk studio visits, commissions, and other inquiries, and would love to paint your wall. Yes, the big one.

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STATEMENT

My painting started in graffiti but picked up the qualities of its settings instead. You generally write graffiti in ugly, cutty places, sometimes in the middle of nowhere. I did. And I was captivated by those walls — displaying the tension between manmade structures and the elements. Succumbing to the slow pummeling of exposure. Water. Wind. Freeze, thaw. Erosion and eventual collapse. Witnessing a decades-long change in a single frame. And noticing places that way formed the foundation of my visual language.

Painting is a responsive process for me. I mainly work in spray paint, stains, smears, and other chemical reactions, materials that leave my work with the kind of gauziness and melancholy that accompanies memory. A focus on unconventional and salvaged materials allows me to bring my work into space and keep experimenting.