Pat soon pursued more formal art training. Through drawing and painting classes at the Northern Virginia Community College with Matt Pinney, and the Compass Atelier in Rockville with Glen Kessler, as well as workshops with Mitchell Johnson, Ann Schlesinger and other talented artists her skills developed.  Awards for her drawings and paintings came quickly at several NVCC Student Art Shows, and regularly at the Waterford Fair. Her work has been juried into local, regional and national shows.

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Her most recent paintings range from surreal landscapes and elaborately patterned florals to more realistic renderings of nature and landscape. She creates works in both oil and acrylic and would love more time to learn more about relief printing. She is looking forward to further explorations, and expanding her body of work.

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Eager to give back to the art community, Pat has been the president of the Loudoun Sketch Club and is the current Outdoor Committee Chair.

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In addition to her art practice, Pat is an avid birdwatcher, a native plant enthusiast and enjoys spending time outdoors.

 

Awards:

2024 First Place, "Three Cats", 'Pathways' exhibit

2024 Best in Show, "Untitled", Franklin Park Arts Center, 'Paper' exhibit

2023 Third Place, "Beans in the Belfry", The Waterford Fair

2022 First Place, "Numeracy", The Waterford Fair, Virginia

2022 Honorable Mention "Red Sky", The Waterford Fair, Virginia

2021 Honorable Mention "And Then There Were None", The Waterford Fair, Virginia

2019 Best Loudoun County Artist, The Waterford Fair, Waterford, VA

2018 Honorable Mention "Blueberries" The Waterford Fair, Waterford, VA

2018 Honorable Mention “The Tree” NVCC Student Show Manassas Campus

2017 3rd Place “Leaf” Waterford Fair, Waterford, VA

2017 2nd Place “The View” NVCC Student Show Manassas Campus

2017 Best Drawing “Leaf” NVCC Student Show Loudoun Campus

2016 Best Drawing “Berry” NVCC Student Show Loudoun Campus

 

Solo Shows:

MAR 2025 - Solo Show - 'An Art Journey', Brambleton Library

MAY 2024 - Solo Show - 'Bigger Things', Loudoun County Government Center, Leesburg, VA

MAR 2024 - Solo Show - 'Bigger Things', Ashburn Library, Ashburn, VA

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Regular Group Exhibitions:

2018 - present Art at the Mill, Millwood, VA 

2018 - present The Waterford Fair, Waterford, VA

2019 - present Loudoun Sketch Club yearly members show

2022 - The Artists in Middleburg

2018-2019 Tryst Gallery Shows

 

​​Juried Shows:

​MAR 2024 - 'Destinations' - Curated Show, Strathmore Mansion, Rockville, MD

JAN 2024 - 'Prism' - Annual Juried Show, Strathmore Mansion, Rockville, MD 

JAN 2023 - Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, MD - Juror (Dr. Mary Morton)

JAN 2023 - Hill Center Galleries, Regional Show - Juror (Nehemiah Dixon)

MAR 2022 - Hill Center Galleries, Regional Show - Juror (Claude Elliott)

DEC 2020 - Friends of the Yellow Barn Members Show - Juror (Harry Cooper, NGA)

JAN 2020 - Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, MD - Juror (Amy Eva Raehse, Goya)

AUG 2019 - Purcellville Art Gallery, Purcellville, VA

JUN 2019 - Brookside Gardens - Group Show

MAY 2019 - Delaplaine Arts Center National Exhibit - Group Show

APR 2019 - Womens Club of Chevy Chase, MD - Group show

FEB 2019 - Art Sweet Art, Leesburg, VA

JUN 2018 - The Hill Center Galleries Regional Show - Juror (Annette Polan)

APR 2018 - Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA - Student Show

APR 2017 - Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA Loudoun Student Show

APR 2017 - Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA Manassas Student Show

APR 2016 - Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA Loudoun Student Show

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Education:

The Compass Atelier, Rockville, MD 

Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA and Sterling, VA 

The University of Maryland, College Park, MD - Computer Science, BS

McDaniel College, Westminster, MD - Biology, BA

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Affiliations:

Loudoun Sketch Club, Leesburg, Virginia

Montgomery Art Association, Kensington, MD

Friends of Leesburg Public Arts, Leesburg, Virginia