Patsy Chapin
Patsy, a native Californian,
spent her first 45 years In the Los Angeles area. In 1994 at the age of 59, retired and living
in Kingman, AZ,
she became bored and took one class each of drawing, oils/acrylics, design,
watercolor, and pastels at the local community college. She studied art
with a
passion.
In 1997, Patsy and
her husband Doug, moved to the Florida Keys. She took two watercolor classes with Rocky
Ferris, a very well known artist. He encouraged her to Join the Florida
Keys
Art Guild and to sell her work. She’s
been hooked on art ever since.
The Chapins traveled at
least 5 months each summer for 9 years, and she collected photos and
reference
materials everywhere they went. At home, Patsy spends her time,
painting,
matting, and framing her paintings. She has painted lighthouses,
pelicans, egrets,
Great Blue Herons, macaws, Loggerhead turtles, and manatees, as well as
florals, boats, landscapes, fish and shells.
Patsy won four awards at the
Lower Keys Art Network. Two were Blue Ribbons for her watercolor
entries. Her
work was available at the Florida Keys Art Guild Shows each winter and
was displayed
and sold at Annette’s Lobster House in Marathon.
She has donated her work to several local art auctions, and to St.
Peter’s
Church fund raisers which Include help for hurricane victims.
Patsy was a member of the
Florida Keys Art Guild, the FL Keys Watercolor Society, the Lower
Keys Art
Network, the Purple Isles Art Guild, and the Florida Keys Council of
the Arts.
A “Snowbird” now, residing
In Kingman, AZ, for the winter months, Patsy, is a member of the Mohave
Arts
and Crafts Guild. She is happy to be back to paint desert scenes. They
will
spend their summers in Garibaldi, OR, where she is a member of the
Tillamook
County Art Association, showing her work at the Five Rivers Gallery, in
Tillamook. She founded the Garibaldi Art Association in 2005, to
promote fine
arts and appreciation in the small community of 800.
chapindp@aol.com
928-692-6358, AZ
503-501-5538, Cell
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