Creating art is a compulsion, not a choice for an artist. At the call of their muse, the art will flow, turning a blank sheet into a vision of worlds yet unseen. For Patricia Carlson, this muse resides in nature, peeking out through the tall old trees that vibrate with wisdom, wafting through the air with the fragrance of roses and rain. Her watercolors are a reflection of her ties with the great living breathing earth that cycles around her. Sometimes it is a moment of captured beauty that the rest of the world would have missed in our efforts to push through our busy lives, other times Patricia�s work gives us a glimpse of a world we never could have seen at all, a magic in nature that exists just below the surface. The compulsion of an artist is to take the world they see and feel, and bring it to light for all to see, and for Patricia, this world is our own, only so much more beautiful.
Patricia Allingham Carlson watercolor and mixed media paintings are of real and imagined people and places. The paintings are frequently textural, suggesting multiple layers of images through time. Ancient scenes, structures, people from long ago, and other realms weave through many of these paintings. Patricia hides faces and figures in her Dreamscape paintings as subtle representations of the life spirits in living and inanimate subjects. Or perhaps as the impression left by those who passed the scene long ago.
Biography
Patricia has pursued a lifelong in art.She is a graduate with high distinction from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education. While showing her work in juried shows in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, Patricia has also been involved in teaching adults and children in her home studio since 1980. Her work is primarily done with
watercolor, collage, and mixed media. Her interests in nature and its spirit are a strong influence in her work.
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Awards
1974 Pennsylvania School Press Association
1985 Honorable Mention, Hatboro Lions Club Art Show, Hatboro, P
1987 First Place, Bux Mont Art League Art Show, Bucks/Montgomery County, Pa.
1987 Second Place, Sellersville Gallery in the Park Art Show, Sellersville, Pa.
1989 Third Place, Annual Peddler's Village Art Show, Bucks County, Pa.
1990 Award of Honor, Annual Peddler's Village Art Show, Bucks County, Pa
1990 Special Judges Award, Lititz Art Show, Lititz, Pa.
1990 Second Place, Chestnut Hill Art Show, Philadelphia, Pa.
1990 Honorable Mention, Mallard Creek Art Show, Richboro, Pa.
1991 Honorable Mention, Boardwalk Art Show, Ocean City, New Jersey
1994 Honorable Mention, Annual Peddler's Village Art Show, Bucks County, Pa.
1995 Third place & Honorable Mention, Tinicum Arts Festival, Bucks County, Pa.
1996 Honorable Mention, Doylestown Art League Members Show, Doylestown, Pa.
1997 Third Place, Lititz Art Show, Lititz, Pa.
1997 Honorable Mention, Annual Peddler's Village Art Show, Bucks County, Pa.
1998 Second Place Watercolor, Lititz Art Show, Lititz, Pa
1999 Second Place Watercolor, Doylestown Art League Juried Members Show, Doylestown, Pa
2002 Award of Honor, Annual Peddler's Village Art Show, Bucks County, Pa
2005 Award of Honor, Annual Peddler's Village Art Show, Bucks County, Pa
2009 Third place, Watercolor, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Gallery of the Arts, Sellersville, Pa.
2013 Excellence in Watercolor, Lansdale Juried Art Show, Lansdale, Pa
2022 Chosen Art for Signature Image for the Phillips Mill Juried Art Exhibit
Patricia Allingham Carlson joined Pixels.com Licensing on June 16th, 2010.
