Patrick Malin

IN BRIEF:

These small abstract pieces were all painted while hiking in Utah, Colorado, the Eastern Sierras, Nevada, and New Mexico. They are done in oil on artisanal paper. These abstract paintings were all done in their entirety “en plein air” along those hiking trails.

MORE ABOUT THE WORK:

When I look around at the natural world, I see that no object is a pure, single color, but rather a mix of incidental hues combined to give an impression of a color. The idea of discernible local colors or even colors that are interrelated in some systematic way doesn't make sense to me. Once I started applying this idea of impure, aggregate colors, the forms in my paintings started to break down. So rather than well defined forms, there are really only zones in my work with different colors that are not pure within them.

I work outdoors in oils on hand-made paper. This portable approach dates back to the beginnings of landscape painting in Europe and America. Artists like Corot went to Italy to capture it’s light, and Hudson River School painters went west to record the shape of the continent using this same method. This was a traditional way to study from “Nature”. In this spirit, I’ve been painting in remote natural areas – on ...

Patrick Malin received his BFA in Painting at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia (’89.) Did his graduate study in Painting at Penn State University School of Visual Arts (1991-93.) And also graduate study in Museum Administration at Seton Hall (1994-96.) He currently lives and paints in Rhode Island, and makes frequent trips to the American West to paint.

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2015 Solo Exhibit - "RENDERING LIGHT," Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI. (https://www.facebook.com/VanVessemGallery/posts/605295379605185)

2014 MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD - "American Landscapes, Scenes from the Americas",
national juried exhibition, Aug-Sept.

2013 Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI – some desert paintings, along with 2 other artists (August)

2013 Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI – “Summershow” three artist show with Kate Huntington and Nancy Shand.

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2012 Solo Show at Rebel Headquarters, Hope St. Providence, RI featuring 40 paintings on paper.

2012 Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI – featured from January to June.

2011 13th Fidelity Invitational, Providence Art Club

2011 Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI – affordable artworks show, December 2011

2011 Annual juried "Open Painting" exhibitio...