PAINTER | GRAPHIC DESIGN
PATRICE WACHS
PAINTER + GRAPHIC DESIGNER
BASED IN SONOMA COUNTY
I'm always surprised by what inspires me - from the fleeting vastness along the I-5 freeway to a lonely tankhouse in an abandoned field. I mostly work from photographs I take, looking for the essence of the composition, elevating the ordinary, to transcend and idealize reality..
My most enduring influences have been California painters, specifically Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud and Greg Kondos, but David Hockney and Edward Hopper along with a multitude of others continue to inspire my work.
I recently moved to Sonoma County from Malibu after a long-time career in graphic design, art education, photography and film. I am captivated by the rural structures and pastoral hills of the North Bay juxtaposed with the energy and architecture of San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Food Bank Auction", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 "Color of Water", Juried Group Show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2023 "12th Annual Small Works Juried Show", Awarded Best of Show, Graton Gallery, Graton, CA
2023 "Favorite Things", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2022 "New Paintings", Solo Show, First Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2022 "Members Exhibit", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2022 "Members Exhibit", Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
2022 "Tiny", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 "Agri-CULTURED", Juried Group Show, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
2022 "Delicious", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 "Art at the Source", Open Art Studios, Sonoma County, CA
2022 "11th Annual Small Works Juried Show", Graton Gallery, Graton, CA
2022 "Light & Shade", Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 "Landscapes & Seascapes", Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 "Favorite Things: Portraits", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2022 "Members Exhibit", Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
2021 "Members Exhibit", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
CLIENTS - Graphic Design
Desert Essence Natural Cosmetics | Country Life Vitamins | Brother Bru-Bru Hot Sauce | Sharon Robinson - Singer/Songwriter | Marguerite Brennan - Clay Artist I Sylvia Gonzalez - Pastel Monotypes I Sebastopol Center for the Arts
AWARDS
2023 "12th Annual Small Works Juried Show", Best of Show Award "Shellville Station", Graton Gallery, Graton, CA
2018 Teacher of the Year Award, Our Lady of Malibu School, Malibu, CA 90265