Ron Patterson

Santa Fe, New Mexico artist born 06/19/1945 in Lima, Ohio USA. I attended art school at the Central Academy of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio where
I studied under the distinguished painter of Western Art, Jackson Grey Story.
I worked for 46 years as a commercial artist and illustrator for many Fortune 500 companies, all the while, producing fine art for galleries.

As an artist, what I’m most interested in is relationships. In each piece you can see the tension between abstraction and definition, the interesting relationships of my colors, and the balance of light and dark. It’s the intimacies between people,
people and animals and animals and animals that fascinate me. The relationships we have with others, with our pets, with the natural environment. My scenes are mostly very specific and it’s not that I want to paint a portrait of Bud and Betty or two horses as much as I want to portray the essence of that moment. Whether they are flirting with each other on the dance floor, frolicking in a field or having a quiet picnic in a field of wildflowers. I’m looking at a deeper level of communication that comes from the body or the atmosphere. That’s why I don’t have faces on most
of the people. It’s almost an invitation for the v...

Ron Patterson studied art at the Central Academy of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio where he studied under the distinguished painter of Western Art, Jackson Grey Story. He also holds an associate degree in History from Ohio State University. Patterson worked for many years as a commercial artist and illustrator before entering the world of fine art.