Featured Artist of the Week

 Our Featured Artist for this week is 

Patricia Earl

Contact : 905 939 2077
web site: http://www.rhga.ca/m_pearl.html 

 On canvas and on paper, Pat paints to find the light, colour, and mood of what she sees and feels all around her as it is so generously provided by Mother Nature. Much of her inspiration comes from her perspective from the pillion of our motorcycle as she travels with her husband Jim around the Ontario countryside and beyond. Her camera is always with her and her brush interprets what she has seen. Yearly trips to South Carolina to paint under the tutelage of well known American artists also provide a source of inspiration and new ideas. She enjoys painting with both acrylics and watercolours, but watercolours especially appeal. She loves the freshness of the medium, being able to apply and pour colours right on the paper, and watch the painting evolve beneath her brush. She enjoys the constant challenge to keep the white of the paper and to use the transparency of watercolours, ultimately striving to make the painting ‘glow’.
 

Where were you born?

 Toronto Ontario

If you could have an art related vacation anywhere in the world where would you go and why? 

France and Italy to paint!  On my bucket list! 

What’s your favourite thing to create and why?

I love to paint landscapes, florals and birds! 

How did you get your start in the world of art?

I started taking drawing/painting classes when my children were babies.

I was an at home mom after my second child was born. I had three children under 3.

Being able to take a few hours away from the hectic schedule of family life and dedicate it to being creative was very therapeutic for me.  J

Do you have go-to paints/colors that you love to use in your art work?

 I do tend to use the same colours/palette in my paintings, Windsor Newton typically.

What have been some of your crowning achievements?

Being invited to participate in the Richmond Hill Studio Tour as well as the Studio Tour King 2013.  Also just having received the Town of Richmond Hill award for my painting “Bird’s Eye View’  in The Richmond Hill Group of Artists Juried Show.  The painting is going to hang in the Town of Richmond Town office. 

If you could have three wishes as an artist, what would they be?

1.      Never stop learning and experimenting

2.      Become more disciplined as an artist

3.      Take the time to paint more regularly

What is the best advice that you have received as an artist?

Paint everyday!  

Thank you Pat