Artist Statement

The print work looks at how I can take a narrative and relay it through the use of a tactile texture and color. Using visual or storytelling components, I try to incorporate a nod to nature. It might be a thread or drawn and one of several avenues of exploration of the line.

Biography

My primary focus is education. I run a teaching fiber studio in Avila Beach, California, along with teaching drawing in the public school system. The printmaking is a personal approach and response to the color and fiber I work with. The two mediums complement each other. The fiber work is three dimensional and the prints I create are often ideas made flat. My work carries thoughts of a personal nature while still trying to be universal in viewing.

Education

Graphic Communication, Design Reproduction (BS), Certification in colorants and color matching. Master of Fine Art, Fiber.

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Instagram: patwove

Images

Self-portrait, 1 of 4 poses
Linocut, 5 x 3"

I Must Be a Mermaid, tail flow study
Intaglio, 4 x 6"

I Must Be a Mermaid, I Have a Tail
Intaglio, 6 x 4"

Basket
Comment: Chihuly Museum-inspired studies of baskets
Etching, 2 x 2"

Thisel
Comment: Image of a natural element with cochineal ink applied by hand
Screen print, 7 x 5"