Biography:

Patte grew up on a farm near Meota, Saskatchewan, but has been living in Surrey, British Columbia for the last 30 years. Her only formal art school experience was at Emma Lake Art School offered by the University of Saskatchewan. In the last few years she has gone back to the art field. Patte has paintings in private collections in Paris, France; Berkeley, California; Toronto, Ontario; Edmonton, Alberta; as well as locally in British Columbia.

During the last four years she has had paintings on display in the following juried exhibitions, and has received five awards:

Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Winter 2002, Fall 2002, Holiday Show, 2002, Paintings by Number, 2003
DisCOVEry 2003, Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove
Arts 2002, Arts 2000, Arts '99 (Surrey Art Gallery)
ArtSpacific 2002, 2003, Delta Arts Council Firehall Gallery
Celebration of Spring, 2003, Burnaby Arts Council
White Rock South Surrey Art Society Exhibition, 2001, 2002
Hastings Park Art Exhibition, 1998 (Surrey Arts Council)
Raves'98 and Raves'99 (White Rock & District Gallery)
Fraser Downs Art Exhibition, 1998, 1999 (Surrey Arts Council)
PGA Open Golf Tournament Art Exhibition, 1999 (Surrey Arts Council)
Cloverdale Rodeo Art Exhibition, 2001

Other Solo and Group Exhibitions: Cloverdale Library, Surrey Chamber of Commerce, Surrey Arts Council, Whitby's Coffee House, Yucca Tree Cafe, Foyer Gallery at Squamish, White Rock Library, MLA offices of Dr. Cheema and Brenda Locke, Artsolutely Fabulous Gala artist contributer for the last five years. She is an Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.

Artist's statement:

Patte enjoys painting a variety of subjects, but her favourites are landscapes, old buildings and animals in their environment, with animals being especially important. She feels that making them the subject of a painting adds value to their existance, and helps to extend their short lives in a way.

Biography:

During the last four years she has had paintings on display in the following juried exhibitions, and has received five awards:

Artist's statement:

Patte enjoys painting a variety of subjects, but her favourites are landscapes, old buildings and animals in their environment, with animals being especially important. She feels that making them the subject of a painting adds value to their existance, and helps to extend their short lives in a way.

She prefers to work with acrylics because they dry quickly, are permanent, versatile,durable, and can be easily cleaned up with water.

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