PATTE ORMSBY
July 6 - July 18th
Opening Reception Saturday, July 8th
6-8 PM
“Great” 13x22” $2400 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, craquelure, on aluminum/fiberglass panel Sold
“When paintings talk, they speak to your heart. But when they sing, they whisper from Heaven.” Patte Ormsby
“Night Over Day By the Side With the Bay” 40 x 40” $5900 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust made from repurposed metal dust on wood panel Sold
“Wish 1” 20x60” $5900 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, on wood panel
“Breaching ” (Diptych) 12x16” $1200 for both OR $750 each –
spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, on fiberglass/aluminum panel Sold
“Leave All Thoughts of the World You Knew Before” 40x40” $5900
Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust made from repurposed metal dust
(Steve Swain’s floor dirt)
"These paintings are memories; of night, and water and sacred places. Of younger days and warm summer nights. As millions of stars swirl in the sky we watch by the side of the sea"
“Breaching 1”& “Breaching 2” 12x8” each panel $750 sold individually $1200 as diptych Sold
“Standing Right in Front of Me” 36x36” $5800 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust made from repurposed metal dust on wood panel
My paintings are informed by the lessons of art history- of Medieval altar pieces and Renaissance holy works. They are driven by the cracked swirling nights of Albert Pinkham Ryder. My aim is to trap the mysterious sacred essence of this art, set it free in mine, and let it seep quietly into the hearts of my viewers.
I paint with metal, cinders and spray. I sprinkle pigment, the powder of gems that I moisten with oil, over bright, shapely pattern covering wood. I put the paint on. I take the paint off. Then, crossing my fingers with prayer to the heavens, I splash it with acid to see what might happen. I leave it alone. And when I come back, if the stars work their magic a picture appears. A painting of layers tarnished and rusty, obscured and revealing, glimpses of elsewhere and what came before.
“Starring Line Up 1” 16x12” $950 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust (made from repurposed metal dust from Steve Swain’s studio floor) on cradled panel. Sold
“Starring Line Up 2” 16x12” $950 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, on cradled panel
“Day by Bay 1” 20x20” $3,200 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust, on wood panel
“Day by Bay 2” 20x20” $3,200 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust made from repurposed metal dust on wood panel
“Day by Bay 3” 20x20” $3,200 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust made from repurposed metal dust (from Steve Swain’s studio floor)
“In Between the Dark & the Light” 13x19” $1700 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, on wood panel
“Wherever I Go” 22x35”-framed $2900 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, craquelure, on aluminum/fiberglass panel
“There I Am” 22x35” -framed $2900 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, craquelure,
on aluminum/fiberglass panel
“Party in the Sky” 24x24” $3400 Spray enamel, oil, gold leaf, patina, rust
(made from repurposed metal dust from Steve Swain’s studio floor)
“Worlds III” 6x6” $450 Spray enamel, gold leaf, patina, oil on cradled panel Sold
“Worlds II” 6x6” $450 Spray enamel, gold leaf, patina, oil on cradled panel Sold
“Wee Too” 6x6” $450 Spray enamel, gold leaf, patina, oil on cradled panel Sold
“Yellow Cloud at Night” 6x6” $450 Spray enamel, gold leaf, patina, oil on cradled panel Sold
“Sacrament” 10x10” $825 Spray enamel, Metal leaf, patina, iron oxide (rust) oil, on cradled panel
“When the Night” 8x8” $690 Spray enamel, metal leaf, craquelure, oil glaze on cradled panel
“Up Above” 10x8” $750 Spray enamel, gold leaf, patina, oil
on aluminum faced fiberglass