“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
— Thomas Merton
Newsletter Volume #1
Hey, it's Patrick! You may be wondering, Patrick who? I’m the ‘I quit my full time job to become an artist' Patrick. There, that probably clears it up, because how many…
A reminder for any artist...
I’ve found this quote a few months ago, and it’s always in the back of my mind when I feel I’m not creating enough. It’s easy to get lost in the entire process…
Ah, to be...
I had the wonderful opportunity to step away from the palette knife recently and work on several embellished metal prints for a fantastic small business in…
Team Kentucky Gallery 2021
After the year of chaos known as 2020, it was great to see KY Governor Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear announce plans for a Team Kentucky Gallery…
It's been that long?
Wait, what!? It’s been that long since I last posted to my blog? OK, let’s just forget that I said I’m going to start posting…
One year later
Well, it’s been exactly a year since it all started. I left my IT job at the end of December 2019 and started my art career, full-time, in January 2020. Little did I know…
Don't get lost
If you haven’t picked up on it yet from my previous posts— just a little over a month ago I took on the challenging task of becoming a full-time artist…
How easy it is to forget
It’s very easy to forget your own advice. I mentioned in my last post it’s important that you remember this whole process takes time. As a matter of fact, I…
It can't be taken away
OK, not all of these posts will be 10,000 words long. :) Sometimes, I’ll find something that really stands out and I’ll need to share it. This is something from…
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