Patrick Willet

•Artist:Patrick Willet  

•Title:Four Seasons: Waters Of March
•Media: Painting: Paper in Ink & Watercolor

•Dimensions: 26" x 33'

•Date: 2014

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Patrick Willett is a self-taught visual artist living and working in Western New York. He started working as a full-time artist in 2001. Willett’s work has been exhibited extensively in Western New York and internationally including the Burchfield Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo History Museum and many commercial galleries. Willett’s work is held in collections worldwide. (http://www.burchfieldpenney.org/artists/artist:patrick-willett/)

• Statement: Willett captures and conveys energy in a uniquely expressive way" -Artvoice

(http://willettart.blogspot.com/2014/03/watercolors-by-patrick-willett-at.html)

•Background Information on the art:At first appearing as fresh plein d’air sketches worked out of doors, on closer inspection the deep rich surface texture of pen and ink emphasizes the artist’s careful attention to detail, working his images over time to give the appearance of the river’s flexing muscle in passages of agitation and repose. Willett’s eye for the subtle energies of nature is sharp. Like a minimalist Burchfield, he works muted tonalities of ochre, blue, and gray green to set an emotional tone for each fluid vision. Willett’s glinting glimmering ripple hint at strong psychological undercurrents in the artist’s work.  

(http://artvoice.com/issues/v13n12/art_scene/waters_of_march?fb_action_ids=733928703286956&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.UyyNyfY8jhE.like)

•Theme Connection:The rippling river in the month of March is another example of the beauty that mother nature has to offer in the "The Great Outdoors". The serenity and peacefulness of the water is something I have been lucky to experience many times while camping and fishing throughout my life.