Looking Up Painting

bio Patricia Helene Ropohl, nee. Bray Born London Ont., Canada, Lives and works between Spain, Canada & The United States ARTIST STATEMENT Jacobo Siruela, writer and editor at ATALANTA in Girona Spain, believes that a new set of mythologies, relevant to our contemporary world is needed in order to create a base from which we determine our values and behaviour. These mythologies he believes can only be created through our artists. I have always addressed the question of relevancy within my painting. It’s an issue that occupies my thinking each time I begin a new piece. Do I achieve and maintain what is deemed to have them taken seriously? Will anything I paint be good enough to have the honour of standing along side works of art that build our new mythologies? It’s a difficult set of parameters to work within, but ones worth creating for. Patricia has worked and experimented within a myriad of art forms including graphic design, furniture design, sculpture, ceramics, illustration & painting