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Patricia Savage
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Landscapes, Animals, and Botanicals in Pastel and Watercolor |
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Patricia Savage grew up in North Carolina and currently resides in Raleigh. She has been a professional artist since 1987. She enjoys the freedom as an artist to explore a number of media. She works primarily with chalk pastels and dry-brush watercolor, pursuing the richness of feelings and textures that these media allow for the expression of her visual ideas.
She has traveled throughout North America and Europe to explore different lands and habitats as a close observer of nature, reflected in the subjects of her paintings.
Several of Patricia’s botanical paintings are featured in Today’s Botanical Artists, featuring top American artists. The Pastel Journals’ 6th Annual Pastel 100 Competition awarded Patricia with Best in Wildlife and Honorable Mention in Wildlife. Denali National Park invited her to spend 10 days living in the park as Artist-in-Residence during 2004. A painting from this experience hangs on permanent display in the Park’s new Murie Center. In 2001, Patricia participated as a scholar (expedition artist) in the Smith College project The 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change. A television special about this scientific and cultural exploration of Alaska appeared on PBS in June, 2003. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation commissioned a painting of the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker, and used a limited edition print as a fund-raiser for conservation efforts. Her work has appeared in The Best in Wildlife Art 2 and The Best in Wildlife Art (North Light Books); in a limited-edition art book North American Endangered and Protected Species; and in publications such as US Art, Focus magazine (Milan, Italy), Wildlife Art, and Wildlife in North Carolina.
Her paintings have been shown at a number of museums and annual shows around the world, including the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, the Hiram Bleauvelt Museum, the Wildlife Experience, the Bell Museum of Natural History, the National Geographic Society, the U. S. Botanic Gardens, and Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. She is a signature member of the Society of Animal Artists, who have awarded her an Award of Excellence and shown her work in many juried annual shows and national tours. Patricia is also a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America.
Patricia’s collectors include the past Art Director of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine, the North Carolina Artists collection of Glaxo-Smith-Kline, the Director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural History, the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Conservation Fund, the Department of the Interior, Shoals Marine Laboratory, and the Director of the Clark Science Center, Smith College.
Patricia teaches at the University of North Carolina Botanical Garden’s Botanical Illustration Certificate Program and is a member of the garden’s Advisory Council. Across the country, she teaches workshops and classes in Watercolor, Pastel, Composition, and Color Theory. She has also given lectures about her adventures as well as her avocation to various groups and museums.
Born: 1957
Resides: Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Techniques: Pastel, Watercolor, Scratchboard, Oil, Egg Tempera
p_savage@bellsouth.net, www.psavageartist.com
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Special Achievements:
- 2004 - Artists in Residence
Artist in Residence at Denali National Park, Alaska from July 19 - July 29, 2004
- 2001 - The 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced
In 2001, Patricia participated as a scholar (expedition artist) in the Smith College project The 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change. A television special about this scientific and cultural exploration of Alaska will appear this spring on PBS.
- 2000 - Award of Excellence
George Bathing at Hatteras won at the Society of Animal Artists annual show.
- 1999 - Red-cockaded Woodpecker Conservation Fund
In 1999, she was invited to paint the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation printed a limited edition print to raise money for the Conservation Fund.
Collections:
- past Art Director, Wildlife in North Carolina magazine
Donnan Robbins bought a "Digitalis ambigua", watercolor.
- GlaxoSmithKline
"Late Fall" was stolen from GlaxoSmithKline.
- Director, North Carolina Museum of Natural Science
Betsy Bennet owns "Sunbathers", a watercolor of turtles sunning on a log.
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker Conservation Fund
The Conservation Foundation bought the original watercolor done for their limited edition prints for their permanent collection.
- Fort Bragg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Foundation, U. S. Department of the Interior
Own limited edition prints of "Red-cockaded Woodpecker"
- Director, Clark Science Center
Bought entire collection of illustrations for the book to be produced in conjuntion with PBS special, The 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced, for Smith College.
Publications:
- Modern Botanical Art — Eden Re-imagined (2008)
Contributing artist. - This volume showcases 75 contemporary botanical artists in North America. Several of my botanical paintings will be featured in this book.
Author: Libby Kyer
Published by: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Artist Working in Alaska (2003)
author and illustrator - Article for the Guild about the illustrations produced for the book that came out in conjunction with the PBS special: The 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced.
Author: Patricia Savage
Published by: Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Newsletter
- Botanical Painting of Alaskan Plants (2003)
author and illustrator - Article about the photographs and paintings that have come out of trips to Alaska.
Author: Patricia Savage
Published by: American Society of Botanical Artists Newsletter
- North to Alaska: A Triangle Artist will help retrace an 1899 scientific expedition (2001)
- An article published about the voyage recreating the 1899 Harriman Expedition
Author: G.D. Gearino
Published by: The Raleigh News and Observer
- Best of Wildlife 2 (1999)
Contributor - How-to book on Wildlife art
Author: Rachel Rubin Wolff
Published by: North Light Books
- Best of Wildlife (1997)
Contributor -
Author: Rachel Rubin Wolff
Published by: North Light Books
Organization Membership:
- 2006 - Pastel Society of North Carolina
http://www.pastelsocietyofnc.com
- 2004 - Pastel Society of America
http://www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org
Juried pastel artists from America who promote excellece in the medium of pastels.
- 1998 - The American Society of Botanical Artists
http://www.asba.org
A non-profit organization that was founded to create awareness of botanical art and to encourage other artists to continue the long tradition of botanical art.
- 1994 - Society of Animal Artists
http://www.societyofanimalartists.com
Juried nature painters from around the world who promote excellence in painting the creatures and landscapes around us and to educate the public.
- 1991 - The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
http://www.gnsi.org
The Guild is a non-profit organization which aids artists and illustrators who are interested in the field of natural science and encourages high competence through annual conferences, newsletters, regional chapters, and good cheer.
Summer 2002 Annual Conference, Patricia lectured about her responsibilities as artist for the 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced.
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Direct Correspondence to:
Patricia Savage
c/o Patricia Savage
816 Valerie Dr.
Raleigh, North Carolina
USA 27606
Tel: 919-859-2789
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Email: p_savage@bellsouth.net
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