Patricia's profile
Patricia was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her earliest experiences were a sensory relationship to nature—walking paths in the woods around her home, observing animals and studying plants in those forests; listening to birdsong and the sound of wind rustling leaves in the tall oak and birch trees, experiencing the forests—often on horseback.
Her gifted mother enrolled Patricia in art classes at an early age, and by high school she was painting in oil on canvas. She was accepted at Maryland Institute, but her father enrolled her at University of Maryland, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art, and a minor in art history. Shortly after graduation, she found employment doing retail copywriting, and rapidly moved on to copy chief, catalog manager, and advertising manager, before recognizing she had strayed far afield from her hearts desire, making art. She left advertising, and lived on savings in Key West, Florida for two years, after which she relocated to Washington, DC to establish a studio.
From 1983-1996, Patricia lived in the District of Columbia, exhibiting regionally at Washington Women’s Art Center, Olshonsky Gallery, Touchstone Gallery, Gallery K, Arlington Arts Center and Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) events. In 1982, Joseph Hirshhorn purchased 'Demon’s Without Faces' at a WPA auction and the piece is catalogued in the Hirshhorn Museum collection. During those years, Patricia received five grants in succession from the D.C. Commission for the Arts and Humanities, including two Individual Artist Grants.
In 1993, encouraged by Sam Gilliam's visit to her studio, she enrolled at Howard University, College of Art, to earn the Master of Fine Arts (1996). After graduation, she moved to Denver, Colorado with her long time partner, where she was hired as Executive Director of Alternative Arts Alliance, a grass-roots arts nonprofit. She exhibited two solo exhibitions at Pirate Contemporary Art and one at Edge Gallery, and was included in juried exhibitions in the state. Two artworks were purchased by the Colorado Council for the Arts Art in Public Places program, and the Colorado Council for the Arts also selected her for a scholarship in photography at Anderson Ranch with curator Philip Brookman and photographer, Jim Goldberg, author of Raised by Wolves.
In 2000, Patricia and her companion relocated to the East Coast, and the artist installed the massive installation Genetics/Memetics, in the 2002 Art-O-Matic event. The installation received notice on the front page of the Style section of the Washington Post.
In 2025, Maryland State Arts Council awarded Patricia an Artist Grant, and her work has been selected for the 2025 Survey of Women Artists in Delaware-Maryland-Virginia by curator Lenny Campello.
