WORKSHOP AWARD
Patrick Deshaye
(Hillsboro, OR)
Artist Website
Hipbone Studio September 2019, Oil on Masonite Panel, 14" x 11"
I have been drawing and painting figures from life in group studio environments for many years, using an intuitive (or distinctly naïve) approach in handling my materials and media. My work is observational and I practically never work from photo reference; I avoid photography not on account of any purist convictions but merely because-- in my experience-- photos introduce more (and worse) problems than they solve. More to the point, observation is, for me, a very real-time endeavor, and the studio environment and ambience is an increasingly pertinent aspect of my work.