"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

2010 Notes of Interest

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

February 5 - Opening reception for the Winter Festival, a multi-media juried exhibit at Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven, MI.  My paintings "Croton Carnivale" and "Aloe-icious" were accepted.

Arthur Frederick, owner of the Button-Petter Gallery in Douglas, accepted ten of my watercolors for display in the gallery.  This is probably the largest and finest of the art galleries in Southwest Michigan, with nationally known artists.

I submitted five postcard-sized paintings for the Muskegon Museum's Postcard Salon reception and sale, February 4.

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

Tulip Time Friends of Art exhibit on during May at the Holland Area Arts Council.  I had two paintings in this exhibit, "Tulip Tribute" and "Market Dahlias".

Looking forward to the publication of The Best of Watermedia Artists, with a two-page spread of "Paleo Pathways" and "Hussy/Poppy", most likely to be out in July.

June 20 - opening reception for the Michigan Water Color Society annual juried exhibit, at Dennos Museum of Art, Traverse City.  My "Chihooligan" painting was accepted.

I have a painting accepted into the Arizona Watercolor Association National Exhibit, opening in August, and running through October.  "Aloe-icious" will be in this show at the Glendale campus of Arizona State University.

I will be taking a three-day workshop at the end of July with "Cheap Joe" Miller at the Arts Council.  Our Painting Pals Art Camp will be at Chris Bart's Chief Lake cottage in mid-August.

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