Consumed for years by her duties as CEO of a small credit union, Patsy did not embark upon a career as an artist until November 9, 2001. A "bank" holiday, shut indoors by inclement weather, Patsy spent her day, on a whim, attempting a color pencil rendition of the howling wolf screensaver that frequently cycled up on her laptop. An artist was "born" that day.
Patsy works primarily in traditional soft pastels, in color pencil with water soluble wax pastels, and in graphite, finding that she can readily control these dry media to render highly detailed compositions. Currently, she executes both her pastel pieces and her color pencil/water soluble wax pastel pieces on Ampersand Pastelbords. She prefers to work "large," with most pieces measuring 18" x 24" or larger, although recently she has launched a series of small works averaging 9" x 11" which feature small creaturesa at or larger than life-size -- butterflies, toads, dragonflies, small birds, squirrels, and iguanas.
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