Patricia Gould
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Patricia grew up in Bellport, a small village on the south shore of Long Island NY, and never wanted to be anything other than an artist.
MessagePatricia grew up in Bellport, a small village on the south shore of Long Island NY, and never wanted to be anything other than an artist. She was writing stories and illustrating them at 6 years old so it was natural that she majored in fine art and art history in college. Her family, which included several artists, was always inspired and surrounded by art, music, theatre, and adventure travel. Her art studies in high school included photography and her father set up a darkroom for her in their home. Planning to major in photography at SUNY New Paltz, Patricia took ceramics class and was hooked on the more tactile arts. Although she ended up earning her B. A. in Art History, she took classes in painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Patricia also did a year of graduate studies in Museum Curatorship at Syracuse University.
Since 1994, Patricia has exhibited her artwork at juried shows in museums and galleries around the US and in China, Taiwan, Mexico, Italy, Hungary, and Ukraine. Two of her artworks were juried into the online collection of the Library of Congress in 1994. In 2005, Patricia was chosen to be an Artist-in-Residence for a month in Balatonfured, Hungary. Patricia has also had her artworks published in 5 books and featured in 12 magazine articles. In 2012, she was invited to be a featured artist and teacher in Tainan, Taiwan and also in Beijing, China in 2015. Included among the dozens of awards that Patricia has won for her art, she won a Niche Award in 2008 and again in 2013. The State of New Mexico has purchased and installed 10 of Patricia’s landscapes as part of the Art in Public Places Program at various sites around New Mexico.
Statement
“My inspiration comes from travel in Asia, East Africa, Russia, Antarctica, and extensive travel throughout North America and Europe. I’m drawn to a few subjects in nature that I find perpetually intriguing and my voice is whispering a tribute to the incredible beauty in both the subtle and violent forces of nature, only touched by the hand of humans on rare occasions. Obsessively drawn to trees, rocks, all forms of water, and animals; I portray these subjects as if they were asking me to reveal their messages to the world. Although my first passion as an artist was photography, I spent over 20 years creating my visions in mixed media fiber art before deciding to concentrate my creative energy on painting and photography. My paintings, photographs, and fiber art are dramatic portraits of Earth and I hope to draw the viewers into these scenes to share the exhilaration I feel and to cherish the wonders of the place we call home.”
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