Patricia Underwood  Mixed Media Artist

"Etudes"

etude7
"Etude #7, detail"
etude8
"Etude #8, detail"
etude9
"Etude #9, detail"

"Arawak
Arawak

Patricia Underwood has created bodies of work that are as visually pleasing as they are intellectually challenging. She fuses traditional print and paper making techniques with unusual combinations of mixed media to produce bodies of work with richly layered surface textures, employing paint, washes and glazes. The work evokes a sense of the primitive. Her keen love for color is apparent in each piece.

"Healing Shields"

"Standing Alone" by Patricia Underwood
"Standing Alone"

"Swim Suits"

"Beauty and the Beach" 34"x34" by Patricia Underwood
"Beauty and the Beach"

"Tar Paper Series"

"Tiamat"  26" x 26" by Patricia Underwood
"Tiamat"

"Bimbos & Goddesses"

"Net Motif" EV1 15"x22" by Patricia Underwood
"Net Motif" EV1

"nine children"

Nine Children
"Bibi Tamama"

"Charcoal Drawings"

"Beauty and the Beach" 34"x34" by Patricia Underwood
"Charcoal Drawing 1"

Patricia UnderwoodPatricia Underwood's compositions speak to the viewer in a deeply personal yet universally accessible language of symbols and shapes, which serve as a vehicle to raise controversial and seemingly insoluble issues. Her 2002 series, "Bimbos and Goddesses", made elegant and intriguing associations between representations of the female figure in our current culture and those in prehistoric matriarchal societies to confront issues of self-esteem and abuse. In her series, "Healing Shields", each piece deals with a specific, painful issue such as domestic violence and racism, and acts as a "visual prayer" for healing.

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