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PATRICK
WALSH/PHOTOMOSAICS® is fine art photography best described as, PAINTING WITH
THE CAMERA®, and influenced by 4th century BC mosaic tile art, using today's
modern camera and film technology. PATRICK WALSH/PHOTOMOSAICS®, PAINTING WITH
THE CAMERA® Limited edition Fine Art Archival Prints on Archival
Watercolor Paper, pictured here are available for purchase. Each edition
consists of 10 State Proofs and up to 50 numbered prints each signed by the
artist Patrick Walsh. Many additional works are available. Originals are
available for exhibition and for sale as well. |
Patrick
Walsh/Photomosaics®
Photomosaics Gallery
PATRICKWALSH/PHOTOMOSAICS®
www.patrickwalshphotomosaics.com pvw32@aol.com 908-405-2600
Photo: Kilu Horecki
PAINTING WITH THE CAMERA®
COLLECTIONS:
New Orleans Museum of
Modern Art
Los Angeles Dodger Baseball
Organization Museum, Los Angeles, California - Commission
Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Organization Museum, Baltimore, Maryland - Commission
Mother Road US 66 Museum,
Barstow, California
Palazzo Exhibitione Museum,
Rome, Italy
Western America Railroad
Museum, Barstow, California
Embassy of Brazil, Rome,
Italy
The Oppenheimer Fund, New
York City
US Department of State, Art
in Embassies Program
ONE MAN SHOWS and EXHIBITIONS:
Art of The New Millennium,
Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA May 2009
SoHo Studio Gallery, New
York, NY June/October 2008
Desert Art Collection
Gallery, Palm Desert, CA March/April 2007
Art Rome Photography
Competition, First Prize Worldwide, 25,000 entries 2007
Art of Photography Show,
Juried selection, San Diego, California, April-June 2006
•9517 entries, only 104 selected for “Art of Photography Show”
(Prestigious Honor)
Agora Gallery, New York City, NY, March-April 2006
Juried
selection, Alternative Media Exhibition, October-December 2005
Galerie Gora, Montreal, QC, Canada, March 2005
Milford Crossing Gallery, Milford, CT, September 2004-January 2005
Landmark Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, June-September 2004
Turning Point Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2003
Masters of Light Gallery, Durham, NC, 2003
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT, December-March 2003 as Featured
Artist
Masters of light Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2002
Morales Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC, 2002
Nathanson’s Fine Art Photo Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2000 - 2001
JazCaf Gallery, Rome, Italy, June 2000
Invisible Dog Gallery, New York City, 1998
BBDO Corporate Gallery, New York City, 1991
DMB&B Corporate Gallery, New York City, 1989
Marylou’s Exhibit Gallery, New York City, 1987
Hammerquist Gallery, New York City, 1983
EXHIBITED AT: ArtExpoNY, NY
2003, 2004, 2007 • Jackson Hole Art Fair, July, 2006
EXHIBITED AT: ArtExpoAtlanta 2005 • Palm Springs International Art Fair 2004
PATRICK WALSH – BIOGRAPHY
Even though Patrick Walsh uses a camera for his
artwork, he doesn’t think of himself as a photographer, nor would he call the
resulting pieces “photography.” Instead,
Walsh approaches his work as a painter might, and paints with the camera
itself. The camera is the paintbrush and
the photographs are the brushstrokes of his Photomosaics: large-scale ruminations on people, places and
things that he filters through the camera lens, then pieces together. The end results -- flattened out images that
show us what we only perceive in our peripheral vision -- are rendered much
deeper and broader than the sum of their original parts.
Walsh, who studied graphic design and
advertising at the Parsons School of Design in his native New York City, and
who painted as a hobby, created his first piece over thirty years ago when he
was location-scouting for a feature film.
He discovered a location that could not be captured in a single
image. So, he shot many, using a Kodak
instant camera, and stapled the photographs together. The result intrigued him and Walsh soon found
himself making deliberate forays into the Southwestern desert and along
windswept Pacific coastlines to find subjects for his art.
Each time Walsh pieces together countless
photographs that he has shot to create a single image, he tells a new
story. His subjects are as varied as
Dennis Connor fronting his sailboat, an empty baseball stadium, the desert or a
verdant rain forest. And while the end result
may feel spontaneous, the process is anything but, says Walsh. Each location is carefully considered,
revisited, and the work is thoroughly thought out before Walsh opens his
aperture to gather the images.
For instance, for a piece commissioned by the
Los Angeles Dodgers – a photomosaic of the empty stadium – Walsh shot 26 rolls
of film for a piece that turned out to be 11 feet long. That commission led to another, by the
Baltimore Orioles. The resulting 7 foot
long photomosaic of the new Camden Yards was featured at the ball club’s
reception for the All Star game. Both
works now hang in the stadiums’ private clubs.
Once
the film is shot, Walsh shapes the experience with the photographs. “I’m creating a composition
with multiple photographs and yet within those photographs there will be a
beautiful one all by itself. I’ll put it into the mix. The overall impression is what matters to me,” says Walsh. “I want you to step into that
picture, it’s like a window.
I want you to feel you’re there.”
In addition to his Photomosaics, Walsh has a
distinguished career as a director and producer in the advertising
industry. He has won eight “Clios,” four
“Cannes Lions,” an Emmy nomination and
over 300 additional industry honors including two films in MOMA’s
Permanent collection.
Walsh is a director member
of The Director’s Guild of America
and The Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences, (The Emmys).
Walsh’s work has appeared
in museums, galleries and private collections
internationally.
Born: New York City
Education: High School of Music & Art, Major:
Art, New York City
Parsons School of Design,
Major: Graphic Design, New York City