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BY BEN BARSKY Patrick is a visual artist working primarily with themes related to identity, history and gender politics. Through the retrospective and interview we explore those themes with him in more detail and he also gives us a fascinating insight into his process through a series of development images. Read the full feature at Artisan Idea. I LOVE STORY TELLERS AND MUSICIANS WHO TAP INTO THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND PAIN TO MAKE ART THAT’S VISCERAL AND CONSCIOUS. BEN BARSKY:  I always find in interesting where the artists choose to start their retrospectives. Some go right back to their teenage …

Face, Figure, Identity

BY DAVID DOWNS This book is a survey of twenty-two contemporary artists who paint humanity in a new light. Their work validates the human being as a continually worthy subject for artistic study. All paintings presented in this publication were created within three years of the publishing date, establishing this book as one of the most up-to-date printed exhibitions of figurative painting. Available for the iPad and on Amazon.