Artist: Patricia Steele Raible | Location: Charlotte, NC
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Artist: Patricia Steele Raible | Location: Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
For me, art was a second career. Trained as a writer, I was in my mid-fifties before my passion for art took shape. I began simply with paper, paint, and sewing as line art, but eventually my love of textures and layers led me to begin "building" paintings using found objects and hardware store paraphernalia to develop deep, organic textures.
My favorite substrate is deep wood panels on which I construct my abstracts by adding to or subtracting from the surface. My paintings are primarily expressions of thought and emotion about place or situations in everyday life.
A 2010-11 resident of McColl Center for Visual Art, my work has been shown in galleries and corporate institutions and are held in numerous personal collections. I have also been honored by having my work published in national literary publications, used as cover images for books, and in 2019 featured in “Acrylic Works 6: Creative Energy.”
Artist Website
patriciasteeleraible.com