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Patti Heimburger's artist statement
(Mixed media through oil paint, fabric & yard on canvas)
I started seriously painting at the age of 20 which was the beginning of a long love affair with the craft. Since that time have received a BA in art at UCSB (Santa
Barbara) and still continue to grow. I have exhibited in many different galleries, art centers, colleges, universities and some public spaces.
I choose to project optimism, caring and goodness because they are not inconsequential, and can counterbalance life’s negatives. To me landscape and images of
people, equate comfort, create a calming effect. Power with grace is my favorite subject matter.
The art I paint is a metaphor for what I want myself, but will to share with everyone else. Peace and beauty, and it comes across as whimsical but in a thought
provoking manner. Surprisingly, not all this came to me while painting, but later, subconsciously. Consciously I want my artwork to plant seeds of optimism and
compassion. I enjoy transporting you, the viewer to another place for reflection.
My landscapes are created from my imagination, though I love nature as experienced. With the threat of global warming I choose to make them playful or
whimsical, as if they are captured, and then placed in a strange museum for all to look at. Many of the people I paint do not have natural skin colors but instead,
depict people as a whole or of no one heritage.
The process of making the textured surfaces is very important to me, along with its continual evolution. I use recycled or reused fabrics and yarn for the texture,
and then oil is painted over that surface. That surface has no reference to the subject matter, other than adding complexity. I paint the sides to each painting which
has a wrapped around effect or just a continuation of the front surface. Because of this the paintings are finished and can be hung with or without a picture frame.
Finally, the titles I choose are just a starting point because I try not to tell the whole story, but to allow you some mystery to solve.
(Mixed media through oil paint, fabric & yard on canvas)
I started seriously painting at the age of 20 which was the beginning of a long love affair with the craft. Since that time have received a BA in art at UCSB (Santa
Barbara) and still continue to grow. I have exhibited in many different galleries, art centers, colleges, universities and some public spaces.
I choose to project optimism, caring and goodness because they are not inconsequential, and can counterbalance life’s negatives. To me landscape and images of
people, equate comfort, create a calming effect. Power with grace is my favorite subject matter.
The art I paint is a metaphor for what I want myself, but will to share with everyone else. Peace and beauty, and it comes across as whimsical but in a thought
provoking manner. Surprisingly, not all this came to me while painting, but later, subconsciously. Consciously I want my artwork to plant seeds of optimism and
compassion. I enjoy transporting you, the viewer to another place for reflection.
My landscapes are created from my imagination, though I love nature as experienced. With the threat of global warming I choose to make them playful or
whimsical, as if they are captured, and then placed in a strange museum for all to look at. Many of the people I paint do not have natural skin colors but instead,
depict people as a whole or of no one heritage.
The process of making the textured surfaces is very important to me, along with its continual evolution. I use recycled or reused fabrics and yarn for the texture,
and then oil is painted over that surface. That surface has no reference to the subject matter, other than adding complexity. I paint the sides to each painting which
has a wrapped around effect or just a continuation of the front surface. Because of this the paintings are finished and can be hung with or without a picture frame.
Finally, the titles I choose are just a starting point because I try not to tell the whole story, but to allow you some mystery to solve.
"Rich textures and colors are most definitely the hallmarks of her artwork, clearly permeating her
collection of delightful, whimsical oil paintings." Diane Sturgeon
collection of delightful, whimsical oil paintings." Diane Sturgeon
"Oil-and-fabric artist Patti Heimburger loves a challenge. That's why she undergoes a painstakingly
lengthy process of adding yarn and material to her canvas, creating a bumpy, textured field for the
dreamlike figures and landscapes she paints from her imagination." Judith M. Gallman
Alameda Magazine, Editor
lengthy process of adding yarn and material to her canvas, creating a bumpy, textured field for the
dreamlike figures and landscapes she paints from her imagination." Judith M. Gallman
Alameda Magazine, Editor
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