"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

Button - Petter Gallery
161 Blue Star Hwy.
Douglas, MI  49406
269-857-2175

2009 Notes of Interest

February 6 - Opening reception for the Winter Festival, a multi-media juried exhibit at Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven, MI.  My painting "Slightly Jaded" was accepted.

The Michigan Water Color Society juried competition opened on March 14, at the Muskegon Museum of Art.  My painting "Aloe-icious" was accepted.  This show ran until mid-May.  The painting was then displayed at the Holland Area Arts Council in conjunction with the traveling show.

May -  I had six watercolor paintings in an invitational show at the Gallery Uptown, entitled "Splash 10".  Ten regional watercolor artists displayed their work in Grand Haven.

May: Tulip Time exhibit at the Holland Area Arts Council

May 30 - August 5: West Michigan Regional Competition at the Muskegon Museum of Art, with painting "Slightly Jaded"

Continued networking with Painting Pals on Wednesdays at the HAAC, an open painting workshop.

Late June: enrolled in a three-day watercolor workshop with nationally known artist Janet Rogers, on portrait and figure painting

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

August 13 - October 30: juried into the Lakeshore fine Arts Competition, displayed at the new Loutit Library in Grand Haven, with two paintings: "Chihooligan" and "Chihooligan II"

Sept-Oct: Juried Fine Art Show at the Holland Arts Council, with "Chihooliballs"

Inclusion in Judy Bowman Anthrop's book, A Portrait of Ox-Bow, 2009, with my watercolor of the Ox-Bow Lagoon

October: published A Watercolor Journey for family gifts

Nov-Dec: one of three finalists for the Loeschner Purchase Prize at Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, with "More Than Slightly Jaded"

December: looking forward to the publication of The Best of Watermedia Artists, with a two-page spread of "Paleo Pathways" and "Hussy/Poppy".