"Pepper Pot Poppy"

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

2011 Notes of Interest

I have published a chronological guide to my paintings titled A Watercolor Journey. Click on the "MY BOOK" link above.

With the new year, I was juried into the  Gallery Uptown in Grand Haven annual Winter Arts Festival in February.  My "Chihooligan 2" was selected (see Original Paintings).

I continue to have my paintings with Arthur Frederick, owner of the Button-Petter Gallery in Douglas.   This is probably the largest and finest of the art galleries in Southwest Michigan, with nationally known artists.

Continued networking with Painting Pals on Wednesdays at the HAAC, an open painting workshop. In July, seven of us spent an Art Camp weekend at the Chief Lake cottages of Chris Bart--good times with painting, eating, boating, chick flicks, and plenty fruit of the grape.

The publication of The Best of Watermedia Artists, with a two-page spread of "Paleo Pathways" and "Hussy/Poppy", came out in September, 2010. (see Original Paintings)

A painting, "Saucy Succulence", sold at the fundraiser for The Muskegon Museum of Art, in June.

My "Tulips with a Twist" painting was  chosen for the first annual Tulips in Bloom Tulip Time poster competition Top Twenty.  The public voted on the 19 paintings that were not chosen for the poster itself, and the artwork was on display at stores downtown.  The Thistle Gallery hosted my painting, and many note cards were sold. There was an artist reception at the Arts Council on May 14; Tulips with a Twist came in 5th overall.

I had three paintings in an invitational watercolor exhibit at Gallery Uptown, in Grand Haven, in May.

I will have a small painting "Rhythm" in an invitational miniature exhibit at the Washington Square Art Gallery (Holland) during the month of October.  The opening reception is September 30.

Seven of the painting friends are going to Tuscany on October 20.  We fly into Florence, and have a villa rented near Siena for a week--sightseeing, visits to a local winery, a local olive orchard, a cooking lesson, photo and painting opportunities, etc.  What could be more fun? I'm looking forward to the trip.