"Hallelujah Hollyhocks"

Through watercolor, I have found the perfect expression of my love of color.  I began painting watercolors in the fall of 1998, after retirement from a career in education.  I have experimented with several different styles of watercolor: realistic portrayals, floral samplers, impressionistic "plein air" paintings, and an abstracted "imargination" style.  Though my florals seem to be popular, I also enjoy painting children, landscapes, and other facets of nature.

Patricia Flynn's watercolors can be seen at the following galleries:

The Coffee Gallery
17750 Fruitport Rd.
Spring Lake, MI 49456
616-850-9500

The Blue Heron Gallery
131 Ames Street
Elk Rapids, MI 49629
231-264-9210

2008 Notes of Interest

January: gave a PowerPoint program on my watercolor career to Holland Friends of Art, at the Holland Area Arts Council

April 6 to July 6: "Uncommon Cabbage" juried into the Michigan Water Color Society exhibit, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI

May - June: part of a "Painting Pals" exhibit, through Holland Friends of Art, at the Holland Community Hospital; seven of us who paint together every Wednesday at the HAAC

May: Tulip Time exhibit goes up at Holland Area Arts Council

June 6: painting on site at The Blue Heron Gallery, in Elk Rapids, for the annual summer Gallery Stroll

Decoration of centerpieces for the spring Habitat for Humanity fund-raising dinner 

Three-day "Art Camp" with painting friends in mid-August, at Chris Bart's cottages near Manistee, on Chief Lake

Watercolor Workshop for three days in September with Charlie Murphy, Traverse City artist

September 12 - October 30 juried Fine Art Show at the Holland Area Arts Council, with watercolor "Aloe-icious"

Design and decoration of child's rocker for the "Chair-ity" event for Children's Advocacy Center, titled "Check Out These Blooms"

November: display of artwork at Grand Rapids headquarters of West Michigan Strategic Alliance