Pat Hidson

medium: painting

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Tulips 2011 Painting	Yellow Cat 2011 Painting	Praire Place 2011 Painting
Vessels 2011 Painting	Moon Flowers 2011 Painting	Flower Vase 2011 Painting
Papa Goose 2011-12 Painting	Primavera 2012 Painting	Vigil 2012 Painting
Journey in Place 40" x 40" Painting

Contact information
5730 N. River Forest Dr.
Glendale, WI 53209
Phone Number: 414-540-9462
Email Address: phidson@att.net
Web site: www.pathidson.com

Artist statement
“I would like to do whatever it is that presses the essence from the hour.”
Mary Oliver

As a painter I relate most to the writing of poetry or to the composition of classical music. I am interested in tantalizing rather than boldly stating my themes. Subtlety has come to mean more than the obvious so my work is very layered and nuanced. There are many images in the work but often they are partly hidden. The imagery is derived from my life; which I appreciate with a full and grateful heart.

Some of the things in my life that I like to incorporate into my work are animals, plant forms, and iconography from mythology. Many times the paintings are like a journal entry, a recording of a memorable event that reverberated with me emotionally or visually. I draw in sketchbooks constantly, like many painters, and find that it is best to let those books rest for a few years before delving into them for ideas. That way there can be a new objectivity to the rendering of an experience into paint.

I work in acrylics on linen. I find that allows me to keep the layering quite gossamer in quality, and to mix many rich color combinations. There is a very rich surface to the work as well with much texture.

Biography
SELECTED ONE PERSON SHOWS:
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, 2010
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, 2007
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, Spring, 1998
Gruen Gallery, Chicago, September, 1997
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April, 1996
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, October, 1995
Tory Follard Gallery, Milwaukee, January, 1994
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, September, 1993
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, April, 1992
Gilman/Gruen Gallery, Chicago, September, 1990
The Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, November, 1989 (an Alberta Artists' Foundation grant)
Gilman/Gruen Gallery, Chicago, lllinois, September, 1989
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, 1988

EDUCATION:
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, 1983-1984
The Cape School of Art, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1982-1984
Albert Handel Pastel Workshop, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1981
University of Wisconsin Extension, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1978-1981
University of Alberta, Bachelor of Education, Art Major, 1975
Scholarship Student, Edmonton Art Gallery,1958-1965