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BoldBrush Recommends: Priscilla Patterson
Biography
Priscilla Patterson likes to say, "There are no coincidences!"
In 1983, Patterson was on her dream vacation in Alaska photographing brown bears on Kodiak Island when she learned that her job with Pacific Telephone would be surplussed later that year due to the breakup of the company. She returned home, arranged for early retirement from her management position and a few months later made her way back to Kodiak. She worked in the ad department of the local newspaper to have an income while she decided what to do next.
Having always been "good in art," but without an art education, she knew it would be difficult to pursue anything in that field, especially living on an island with limited resources. But through library books and videos, she studied drawing and painting, and was drawn to the intricacies and challenges of transparent watercolor. She soon married a local pilot, and their association with the floatplane industry drew her to aviation art.
Eventually she created enough work to submit to the American Society of Aviation Artists, and was accepted in 1994.
Over time, Patterson was invited to teach art at Kodiak Community College where she taught drawing, watercolor and oil painting for nearly 18 years. She is an award winning Artist Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, a member of the Canadian Aviation Artists Association, the Idaho and Montana Watercolor Societies, the Coast Guard and Air Force Art Programs and the Cowgirl Artists of America. She holds a certification in Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement from Stuart Parks Forensics of Cataldo, Idaho.
Patterson and her husband, a former Navy and Fish & Wildlife pilot, make their home in the Idaho Panhandle where she has rediscovered her love of horses and now focuses on equine art.
A limited number of equine commissions are accepted each year. For information on pricing and the procedure, please contact the artist through the website contact form.
Artist Statement
After working in several mediums, I found that watercolor is where I want to be! I love the challenge of the medium and creating different effects, particularly glazing light to dark while retaining transparency.
I don't consider myself to be "self taught." There have been too many books and videos to learn from, and above all, kind and generous mentors who have been willing to share their expertise with me.
From learning to teaching, but always encouraging other artists, I find receiving and providing mentoring is a most rewarding goal.
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Hi Priscilla, Congratulations on your Honorable Mention for “Golden Girl”! One of my earliest art lessons was a drawing class you taught in Sequim WA. In my sketch book dated 3/6/2010 I wrote next to your name a quote of yours: “Look, Look until you really see”. I have been looking and painting ever since, enjoying meeting artists like you that have influenced my creative path in art. Once again Congratulations to you for art well done!
Lyn Smith (now living in Florida)