Patrick Parise

How much can you learn about an artist by looking at his creations? A look at Patrick Parise's body of work reveals a great deal about the artist's life and the passion that inspires him. Parise's bold use of color and strong compositional elements convey the intense beauty the artist sees in the world around him. With a full range of real to surreal, soft to bold, concrete to abstract, Parise's paintings invite the viewer to join his journey and awaken a desire to pursue the beautiful with him.

Patrick Parise's personal journey as an artist began in his childhood. Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1952 Patrick showed an aptitude for art from an early age. "My mother was a wonderful painter but with the death of my father in 1958 she had to devote her time to working and raising four children." In high school the young artist studied under his mother and further developed his drawing, painting and composition skills. Patrick went on to study fine art at Bethany College in Salina, Kansas under Raymond Kaymeyer and then continued at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he became interested in printmaking under the tutelage of the Art Department's distinguished professor, Boyd Saunders. After finishing his studio art ...

Bethany College, School of Fine Arts
University Of South Carolina

Exhibition at Stormwater Studios Gallery, October 20-31 2022.