Works by Purchase College-SUNY Grad Michael Patterson on Exhibit at The Schoolhouse Theater and Gallery

The following announcement is from The Schoolhouse Theater:

An artist for over 35 years, Michael Patterson travels for inspiration. His work is in over 500 private and corporate collections in the United States and Europe. The Schoolhouse Theater and Gallery is honored to present an exhibit of his work from November 1 through November 30. Gallery hours are daily 10 am to 3pm, by appointment, and during performance hours of the theater’s main stage production of “Freud’s Last Session,” which runs on weekends through November 23.

Michael Patterson was born in Hudson, NY in 1953 into a family of painters. His grandfather, Howard Ashman Patterson, was an established American artist and his brother, David Burns Patterson, is a landscape and abstract artist. Michael graduated from SUNY Purchase with honors in painting, printmaking, and sculpture. He has been painting for 35 years, traveling to Vermont, Maine, California, New Mexico, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Europe for inspiration.

Patterson has shown his work extensively in Europe and the U.S., primarily in the Northeast. Through the years, his work has gone in and out of several styles and series of subjects. Visually, he is drawn to many of the same things today that he was drawn to years ago: rainy city streets, sun on sparkling waters, faces, hands, clouds, sky, dappled sunlight, people at the beach, people playing music and expressing feelings.

In addition to continuing his painting, he is creating sculptures in stone and clay, both figurative and abstract. His home and studio are on the Shepaug River in Roxbury, Connecticut where he lives with his wife, Jessyka.

A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, November 1, from 5 to 7pm and is open to the public. For more information call The Schoolhouse Theater box office at 914-277-8477 or visit www.schoolhousetheater.org

The Schoolhouse is a regional Equity theater, dedicated to presenting professional theatrical performances by award-winning playwrights and to support and promote other art forms. The Schoolhouse Theater’s 2014- 2015 Season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State Legislature; and by ArtsWestchester, with support from the Westchester County Government.

Photo: ”Cubist Corsica” acrylic on canvas – 2014, by Michael Patterson. This and other works by the SUNY Purchase graduate will be on exhibit at The Schoolhouse Gallery, from November 1 through November 30. For more information visit www.schoolhousetheater.org or call 914-277-8477.