Debbie Patrick's "All Creatures" Paintings, from left "Study in Blues," "Naptime" and "Creature Comforts." Courtesy images.
After a 25-year detour into architectural rendering, Debbie Patrick has returned to her first love: painting people and animals. The Sausalito-based artist is focusing on the latter for her "All Creatures" exhibit at the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center (85 Throckmorton Ave.), throughout June, with a wine reception set for the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s First Tuesday Artwalk on June 6, 6-8pm.
Mill Valley's monthly celebration of local art features a host of venues, including the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Seager Gray Gallery, the Mill Valley Public Library, Dolls and Dandy Nail Lounge, Terrestra, the Depot Bookstore & Café, City Hall, Famous4, the Mill Valley Community Center and the Throckmorton Theatre. (GO HERE for a full list of artists and venues).
Ever since Patrick was first introduced to pastels when she was 14, she's had a passion for drawing people and animals.
"I have found myself returning over and over to the challenge of capturing a person’s mood or an animal’s particular
personality or soulful expression," Patrick says. "I also paint in oils, but am more drawn to pasteIs, which I feel are especially suited to achieving the quality of light striking the subject or the texture of skin, fur or feathers that I am seeking."
Patrick has exhibited and won awards in juried shows across the U.S., including the Pastel Society of America National Exhibit in NYC, several Pastel Society of the West Coast USA Exhibits, the National League of American Pen Women Biennial Exhibit in Washington, DC, the Richeson Gallery and the Marin Society of Artists.
The 411: Debbie Patrick showcases her "All Creatures: paintings at the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center (85 Throckmorton Ave.), throughout June, with a wine reception set for the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s First Tuesday Artwalk on June 6, 6-8pm.
Mill Valley's monthly celebration of local art features a host of venues, including the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Seager Gray Gallery, the Mill Valley Public Library, Dolls and Dandy Nail Lounge, Terrestra, the Depot Bookstore & Café, City Hall, Famous4, the Mill Valley Community Center and the Throckmorton Theatre. (GO HERE for a full list of artists and venues).
Ever since Patrick was first introduced to pastels when she was 14, she's had a passion for drawing people and animals.
"I have found myself returning over and over to the challenge of capturing a person’s mood or an animal’s particular
personality or soulful expression," Patrick says. "I also paint in oils, but am more drawn to pasteIs, which I feel are especially suited to achieving the quality of light striking the subject or the texture of skin, fur or feathers that I am seeking."
Patrick has exhibited and won awards in juried shows across the U.S., including the Pastel Society of America National Exhibit in NYC, several Pastel Society of the West Coast USA Exhibits, the National League of American Pen Women Biennial Exhibit in Washington, DC, the Richeson Gallery and the Marin Society of Artists.
The 411: Debbie Patrick showcases her "All Creatures: paintings at the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center (85 Throckmorton Ave.), throughout June, with a wine reception set for the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s First Tuesday Artwalk on June 6, 6-8pm.
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