About The Artist

C reating artwork has been a part of Patricia Wagner's life since childhood. Her
object as an artist is to communicate part of the wonder, awe and pleasure she feels as she observes and responds to the natural world. Her
special focus is portraying light as it sculpts form.
She won a number of art awards while exhibiting her work in numerous art shows throughout california.
Patricia's artwork has been published. Her cover artwork for World Vision International magazine was named the best original
art out of all Christian magazine covers one year at the Evangelical Press Association Annual Awards Ceremony in Chicago.
Patricia is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach, California, where she majored in Drawing and Painting. She
also took graduate courses at Claremont graduate School and took classes at the Art Center College of design in Pasadena, California, and the
California Art Institute in Calabasas.
She has also been an art teacher and taught art at Biola University in La Mirada, California, for a period of time.
Two of her great-uncles were successful painters. One of them, Carl Bohnen, was commissioned to paint portraits of seven
governors of the state of Minnesota. These portraits are on display in the state capital in St. Paul.
Another great-uncle, Aloys Bohnen, was a four-year scholarship student of Robert Henri, who was one of the greatest art
teachers in the early part of the twentieth century.
Aloys became Patricia's first real art teacher. She vividly remembers creating a science notebook in the fifth grade combining
writing with her wildlife illustrations. Aloys helped her with the project by teaching his young student how to draw as she created the book. The
notebook assisted her to win a special prize in science that year.
Patricia's desire as an artist is to portray the fascinating play of light on form and communicate the beauty she is
experiencing. "For with Thee is the fountain of life: in Thy light shall we see light (Psalms 36:9).
Click here to discover the source of creativity.

To the right is part of a photo from an old newspaper clipping originally showing a group of junior high students with
instructor, Joseph Martinek. This was to announce our scholarships to the Los Angeles County Art Institute. That's me at about thirteen years of
age.
Some of the exhibitors that have displayed my work:
National Museum of Art - Taiwan
Goroka Art Gallery - Papua New Guinea
Salmagundi Club - New York
Biola University - La Mirada, California
National Audubon Society Show - Los Angeles, California
California State University - Long Beach, California
Classic-American Western - Art Show - Beverly Hills, CA
Western Sagas Show - Brea, California
Death Valley Art Show - Death Valley, California
Museum of Science and Industry Los Angeles, California
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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist
once we grow up. Pablo Picasso
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