About Patrick O'Callaghan
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Education
2014 - 2023
Princes Drawing School, Hampstead School of Art
1972 - 1975
Royal College of Art
1969 - 1972
Bristol Poly, now University of the West of England
1968 - 1969
Falmouth School of Art
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Event: Bucks Open Studios
Dates: 7 Jun 2014 - 22 Jun 2014
BOS is an annual event when artists.and crafts people are invited to throw open their studios or homes to allow people to come and see what they're doing all day. It is a great opportunity for artists to throw out the dross and present their newest and best for eager art buyers and for the curious browser to engage with visual art and applied art. Take an art trail (see the website for details) and visit closely situated studios to visit for an afternoon of free entertainment and take home a horses head or a china doll or a painting to occupy that bear patch in the hall. You'll enjoy it and you'll probably get a nice cup of tea as well.
Event: Longwick Art Exhibition
Dates: 22 Feb 2014 - 24 Feb 2014
Invitation exhibition to artists in the region of Buckinghamshire, displaying all kinds of artefacts from professional and amateur artists. Bring your friends - lunch and refreshments all day.
Event: 3 Expressions
Dates: 6 Mar 2012 - 26 Mar 2012
3 local artists with diverse styles sharing an art centre gallery near Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Biography
Patrick O’Callaghan trained as a graphic designer and is an alumni graduate of The Royal College of Art, London. Following many years of professional practice he now devotes his time to painting, drawing and print making. He is based in South Bucks, England.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Drawing and painting is a wonderful way to spend your time and it never feels like work. Even after a full day working en plein air battling with the weather when you are freezing and have to rush for shelter or chase a drawing caught in a gust of wind or even a hurricane... perhaps.
I love to draw horses either from imagination or from observation. Recently I attended classes sculpting horses at Royal Drawing School. This involved studying horse anatomy and deportment (gait) - this helped me to understand how to draw horses more accurately and how to visualise them from different points of view.
Other classes drawing from the built environment or in parks and gardens was inspiring and it helped me to look intensely - it made observational drawing central to my practice, e.g Lockdown Landscapes, Kensington Gardens, Pistoia (Italy)
When I am unable to work outside I draw and paint narratives - graphite and watercolour - usually based on two point perspective with loosely placed elements within the composition - not necessarily correctly. Here I'm driven by instinct not by observation constraints - but it is always figurative, e.g. Dystopia 1&2.
And thanks to Covid I have discovered print making at home. Using Zoom classes I have learned how to make mono prints, etchings, linocuts and woodcuts and this gave me an outlet for my sketchbook drawings and thumbnail sketches, e.g. Pan (mono print), Zapata's Retreat (scratchboard), Monarch Butterfly (linocut)
A successful work travels through various emotional stages: initial enthusiasm, doubt, despondence anxiety, assessment, and conviction before it can be shown and not necessarily in that order.
Patrick O'Callaghan March 2021
PATRICK O’CALLAGHAN MA (RCA)
