My passion for art and the creative process began as a young child when I first encountered finger paints. The feel of the paint immediately became part of my being.

For more than forty years I have sketched, painted in oils and watercolors. However, with life's everyday prerequisites, art could only be play and never my career.

Now, in my fifties, I am fortunate to have a life that has afforded me the privilege to paint without life's ordinary pressures.

I have spent many glorious hours visiting libraries and museums, studying, enjoying and absorbing creations of the great masters.

I paint with an undying passion, from the thought process to the layout, design, tonal studies, mixing and blending of the paint; in the end to visually capture the essence of the moment of being there.

Primarily, I now paint in acrylics. This medium combines the best of all worlds, i.e., oil and water.

This medium of acrylic and water seems to be the most environmentally friendly and healthy.

I want my art to celebrate the environment.

With each painting, something new emerges to cultivate the perpetual learning process.

I have studied with Daniel Green, Jane Paul Angelhart, and others.

My wonderful husband understands and supports my art. He has encouraged me to enter competitions and share my art. We have four wonderful children, two dogs and one mean cat!

Patricia Doolittle Hale