Pat San Soucie - Biography
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Pat San Soucie paints abstract watercolors on paper that are unique in their playfulness and exploration as well as the methods that she utilizes to achieve a finished work of art. She uses very imaginative techniques to include positioning tissue, lace, or torn rice paper as stencils or filters on her painting surface before pouring diluted watercolor or gouache on top of and through the filters. The resulting patterns that emerge inspire her to invent new mediums to include such as brush strokes, colored pencil, inks, graphite, fabric dyes, or Aquarelle crayons to further develop the painting. She has had a fondness for quilt patterns throughout her life and her paintings reflect the patterns found in fabrics with repetitive patterns. She said the key to enjoying her teaching and art is that she loves wrapping herself up in the process, rather than visualizing the product. Pat has admired and been inspired by the work of artists that she has observed such as Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Jasper Johns, Clyfford Still, Wolf Kahn, and Jack Tworkov. An art teacher since 1982, Pat has conducted workshops Nationwide for twenty years. She now inspires artists not to copy her paintings, but to delight in the process of experimenting with the unexpected. Pat, a member of the American Watercolor Society in New York was invited to present the annual AWS Watermedia demonstration for members and friends of the society April 20, 2004, held at the Salmagundi Club at 47 Fifth Anenue, NYC. Pat has membership awards from numerous Watercolor Societies including: American Watercolor Society with Dolphin Fellowship; National Watercolor Society; Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society, Northwest Watercolor Society, and she has exhibited and won awards in Alabama Watercolor, Adirondacks International, Tubad, AZ; Mississippi; Georgia; Oklahoma; Watercolor USA; Missouri; New Jersey, San Diego; Louisiana; Pennsylvania and Oregon. Included in nine books and five magazines, Pat has been published since 1975 in such publications as Splash I, Splash II, How To Discover Your Personal Painting Style, Exploring Color, Abstracts/Rockport Pub., Creative Energies/Mary Todd Beam and Watercolor/An American Artist Publication. The work of Pat San Soucie is collected by museums such as: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ (2); Springfield (MO) Art Museum; Owensboro (KY) Art Museum; Chattahoochee Valley (GA) Art Museum; Casio, Inc. Headquarters in Dover, NJ; Collaborative books/Museum Libraries of Newark; Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert: London; National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Karen Brussat Butler, the American Watercolor Society's demonstration chairwoman, says, "What this ebullient artist does, is to create paintings that are recognized for their unusual, beautiful colors and textures that are layered together to create transparent, organic compositions. Watching San Soucie work, Butler said, is a truly enjoyable experience." |
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