Handle With Care︙Patrick Bower

Apr 11

*Suckle Glove 1*, 2023
Graphite, Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Canvas
12.5 x 19.5

“In many ways, I’m a drawer with a paintbrush. Or a drawer with a hunk of clay. I look to drawing for its links to language, its physical directness and the primal force of the line.”

*This Big*, 2022
Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas
37 x 36

*Hold on*, 2023
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
19.5 x 22.5

*Inviolate*, 2022
Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas
35.5 x 40.5

“I want each of my works to be an action of the mind that vibrates in our bodies. So, I think about power relationships among shapes. I think about movement and tensions. I also think a lot about the varied surfaces of the work as a map of the consciousness, along with the alchemy of color suspended in water.”

*Be Fruitful*, 2023
Graphite & Acrylic on Canvas
18 x 14

*Scraping By*, 2022
Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas
35.5 x 38

“Humor is important, dark and otherwise. The laugh of recognition, the catharsis of it. The absurd. A realization that maybe we’re not alone. That’s when we lean in and take a closer look.”

*She's Bringing Us To Earth*, 2022
Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas
47 x 70

About Patrick Bower

Patrick Bower is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in New York City. After earning degrees in English and Classical Literature in 2001, he spent years writing poetry and songs and playing music all over the world. But after health challenges forced a change in lifestyle, he directed his focus to his studio practice, trying to bring the lyricism and immediacy of musical performance to paper and canvas.

Website: www.patrickbowerart.com

Instagram: @patrickbowerart

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