Biography
The mountains of Western North Carolina have been Pat’s home for eighteen years and provide a constant source of peace, strength and inspiration for her.
Pat received her art education, first at University of North Carolina, Asheville, where she majored in Studio Art, and continued her studies at the Greenville Museum of Art. She has also studied with several nationally known artists, most recently Patricia Cole-Ferullo and Harry Thompson.
Pat enjoys experimental watercolor and acrylics in her studio, and frequently paints on location as well. The underlying theme of all her paintings, as well as her major source of inspiration is her love of nature. She spends time in New Mexico each year, and finds the sharp contrast between the clear, stark beauty of the Southwest and the soft hazy colors of the Blue Ridge very exciting, and a challenge to express on paper.
Her first solo exhibition was in 1994, and she has had four since then along with several group shows. Her paintings have won the Best of Show award at the Focus on Art show sponsored by the Transylvania Art League in 1993 and 1996. Her work is in the collection of SAS Institute in North Carolina, as well as the Wilkinson Foundation in Asheville.
In 1998, Pat was the recipient of the Regional Artist Grant awarded by the Henderson County Arts Council for a painting trip to Abiquiu, New Mexico..
She spent a week painting on Monhegan Island, Maine in June, 2006. The Henderson County Art League sponsored Pat and Lenore Barnett in an exhibition of their paintings from Monhegan Island in June 2007.
In October 2008, Pat’s painting “Shed at Connemara” received Best of Show in the annual juried show at the prestigious Wickwire Gallery.
She was awarded Signature Membership in the Watercolor Society of North Carolina at their annual meeting and exhibition in October, 2009.
Pat is represented by The Wickwire Art Gallery in Hendersonville, NC.
Home and Studio: 193 Old Cannon Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Website: patwellborn.com email: pwellbor@bellsouth.net 828-685-0115