Life experience plays a central role in my work. Though I started out doing abstract, pattern-based paintings, I have found that for me, painting is as much about meaning as visual impact. Art offers an avenue to think metaphorically, symbolically, and ironically about life as I know it. I still employ pattern, color, and decorative forms in my work, but those have receded into the background as the emotional and textual connection takes on more importance.

In terms of technique, I take a mixed-media approach, combining paint and collage, and carving pencil lines into wet oil paint to bring the images to life with the action and cartoonishness of drawing.

- Patricia Horing

Patricia Horing is a graduate of Brown University (B.A.) and New York University (M.A., English Literature).

Shows: 2005-2007

Palette Gallery, Chicago, IL
Inaugural group exhibition, October 2007

Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Work on display, spring 2007

29th Annual Small Works Competition and Exhibition,
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York
Curated by Jack Shainman, Director, Jack Shainman Gallery,
New York, NY. February 4 - March 10, 2006

40 Years of Painting
A joint exhibition at both the Westchester Art Workshop Gallery and
the Marjorie & Norman Alexander Gallery at the Scarsdale J.C.C.
January 6 - February 25, 2006

Small Works Show
Westchester Arts Workshop Gallery
Curated by Livia Straus of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Arts
June - August, 2005

Pattern Exploration in 4 Series
Oresman Gallery, Larchmont
January, 2005