Canadian painter and art educator, Scott Pattinson, was originally trained in Architecture and as an Urban Designer. Although his paintings still murmur sculpture and the three-dimensional, they are more importantly, a colorful glimpse into the ever moving present. "It is about the flow and energy of life."
The riotous use of color and layering of shapes is influenced by the architectural plan or elevation. "My work is a response to found spatial relationships and structures in the environment - simple structures with common sense and thought in their assemblage. The work is a study of these forms, adds the fluid simultaneity of life… it is like inventing something new, a truth, from the subconscious… an interpretation of the aesthetics in things… yet tangible and open… the result is an intensified representation of my experience with the thing; thus it has power…"
‘Pattinson’s paintings are scarred, cross hatched surfaces clotted with smudged pastels and inky black geometries interrupted by curls of hot colors or nullifying white’ -
RM Vaughn, National Post (June 2005)
Education:
Candidate - University of Victoria; Master of Art Education
2000 - 2003 - University of Toronto, Master of Architecture
2000 - Lakehead University; Bachelor of Education
1997 - University of Waterloo; Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Urban Planning
1996 - Oxford University; Urban Design, summer program
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 - ACA Gallery – Toronto
2007 - "PERIPHERY FLASH" Elliott Louis Gallery – Vancouver
2007 - "TOREWA" Chapel Gallery – Bracebridge
2006 - Niagara Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2006 - Manhattan’s – Guelph, Ontario
2006 - “TOREWA” Bookshelf Gallery – Guelph, Ontario
2005 - “RAFTER” Hittite Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
Group Exhibitions:
2007 - "HK Summer"; Introducing Scott Pattinson and Benjamin Evans” Herringer Kiss Gallery - Calgary
2007 - "U8" Sopa Fine Arts – Kelowna
2007 - "FOR THE LOVE OF ART" Agnes Bugera Gallery – Edmonton
2006 - "
TRANSITIONS" Elliott Louis Gallery – Vancouver
2006 - "REFLECTIONS" ACA Gallery – Toronto
2006 - "
CHANGES" ACA Gallery – Toronto
2006 - "ABSTRACT IS…" Arta Gallery - Toronto
2006 - "
HK SUMMER" Herringer Kiss Gallery – Calgary
2006 - "SUMMER’S CREATIVE FLUTTER" Arta Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2006 - "
VALENTINE’S" Hittite Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2005 - "CONTINUUM" Elliott Louis Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2005 - Arta Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2005 - "AUTUMNITY – All The King's Men (and Women)" Elliott Louis Gallery – Vancouver, BC
Professional Experience:
2006 – Present Waverley Drive P.S., Guelph, Ontario; Art Teacher
2004 – 2006 Sam Sherratt P.S., Milton, Ontario; Art Teacher
2004 University of Victoria, “Conversations”; Lecture
2001 – 2003 McBride Ave. P.S. Mississauga, Ontario; Grade 4 Teacher
2001 University of Toronto, “Media & Architecture”; Teaching Assistant
Publications:
RM Vaughn, "The Big Picture" National Post, June 11, 2005
"Sam Sherratt students' thoughtful artwork heading for World Peace Forum in Vancouver"
Canadian Champion, March 11, 2005
Collections:
Private collections in Canada, USA
Bibliography:
Beverly Cramp, Galleries West. Summer 2007
