Patricia Beatty, AbstractBeatty’s emotionally charged abstract landscapes could be described as visceral if they weren’t so beautiful. A light and delicate calmness of color interacts with the passionate movement of shape and texture. The resulting complexity of mood reflects "self-exploration and a lot of personal growth over the last 9 years," Beatty says. "When I look back at some of my older work, it looks simple to me since I've learned to incorporate more emotions and experiences into my art.”
If her landscapes seem more like blueprints for involved psychological states than studies inspired by the forms of nature, it may have to do with Beatty's background as a psychiatric nurse. Beatty calls her pieces "bold and strong." She jokes, "When people who have seen my work meet me, they are often amazed that such a little woman does this intense artwork."
Beatty uses strips of leather, gauze, fabric, sandpaper, metal scraps and glassine granules to add richness and dimension to her mixed media peices. Though her art is expressionistic, textures and patterns are solidly grounded in everyday life – inspired by the surfaces of old building or discarded shapres discovered in a metal scrap yard.
