the pleasure, passion,power and panache of painting

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“the pleasure, the passion, the power and the panache of painting.”
From an historical viewpoint, Patrick has been
exhibiting his paintings since 1983 (‘Terminal
New York’ - Brooklyn Army Terminal, exhibition
being the first). This show came about when he
lived in NYC. He was living off the few dollars
he could scrape by on, earned from any odd jobs
he could find. He painted when he could and
as always, drawing was a big part of his art. He
managed to sell a few cartoons to a magazine in
NYC, which got him noticed.
And it was cartoons that gave him a consistent
amount of money to live off, when he returned to
London. After a very short time Political Cartoons
became his speciality. Painting remained his
passion but was firmly on the back burner, as far
as producing it was concerned.
It was at this point that he sidelined painting
in pursuit of drawing and earning a living and
supporting his family, it wasn’t until 2007 that he
began the process of painting on a regular basis
once again.
This gathered space slowly, from 2008 to 2012,
until in 2013 when his work was included in
the Threadneedle prize, and 2016 in the Lynne
Painter-Stainers prize.
‘the Artist with portraits of his Sons, Titus. 200cm x 140cm
Acylic on canvas. 2014
Since then he has exhibited on a number of
occasions in various venues in London in 2016,
2017 and very recently in February 2018.
All to the good that may be, but Patrick sees his
painting as more of a vocation than a
career as such.
one of the ‘sea’
painting in
Patricks studio