Patricia Larkin Green paints in series: Figures, Flowers, Landscapes, Sumi-e, Unmade Beds and Values. She is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The University of Minnesota. She studied art at various institutions and independant mentors. Highlights of her artistic studies have been sculpture and painting under Peter Lupori, Sumi-e under Madelaine Stanley Jossem and oil painting with Ann Ponce.
Spring Peony Perfume was selected for the curators gallery for the Chicago Art Open. Several of her paintings have been used as images to promote Chicago Artist Month, Chicago Art Open, Midwest Business Travel Association and Ravenswood Artwalk. This year "White Hen" is in the Chicago Artist Month program. Patricia moved to Chicago in the 80s and has been in numerous group shows. She is a longtime member of the Chicago Artist’s Coalition,
You can find her series on flowers at Caro Mio and varied paintings at City Provisions. Most recently has curated the ongoing 47th Ward Community group show OpenWall: Faces and Spaces. Patricia’s fine art studio is located at 2432 West Berteau. She has painted with the Wilson Artists Group since 2006. Her work is in several private collections. View more work at: patricialarkingreen.com
"Sumi-e painting was a turning point for my work. In Sumi-e you focus on the process. When I paint my intent is to let each mark of my brush meets the canvas as an extension of my state of mind. My over-arching vision is to create paintings that are academically informed, yet fresh and immediate. The canvas is planned compositionally and the final layers of paint are laid on when I bring my vision into focus. As a painter, I see myself ultimately as a narrative painter. My goal is to effectively work with cool and warm colors that invite the viewer to stop and contemplate. I am largely inspired by classical realism and post impressionism."
“The object isn't to make art,
it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”
(Robert Henri)