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. For example, PATRICK WALSH/PHOTOMOSAIC®, PAINTING WITH THE CAMERA®  was commissioned by the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team to create a photomosaic for the 30th anniversary of the LA Dodger stadium. And by the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Team for the reception to commemorate the first Major League All-star Game played in their Camden yards stadium.

 Patrick Walsh/Photomosaics® 
Photomosaics Gallery


PAINTING WITH THE CAMERA®

COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Los Angeles Dodger Baseball Organization, Los Angeles, California
Baltimore Orioles Baseball Organization, Baltimore, Maryland
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

ONE MAN SHOWS and EXHIBITIONS:
Art of Photography Show, Juried selection,  San Diego, California, April/June2006
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 through January 2005
Landmark Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, June through September 2004
Turning Point Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2003
Masters of Light Gallery, Durham, NC, 2003
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT, 12/1/2002 to 3/30/2003 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,  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 ArtExpoAtlanta 2005
EXHIBITED AT Palm Springs International Art Fair2004
EXHIBITED AT ArtExpoNY 2003 and 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, re-visited, 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.

He serves on the executive committee of 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