Patricia Oblack

Impulsive Directions, Abstract Painting

2018

Artist Comments
Patricia builds her compositions intuitively with palette knives, blending colors and developing texture directly on the surface of her panels. She describes this painting as a glimpse into her mind and heart. "I spilled the paint across the board to strike with the knife - without retracing my steps - to create calm and calamity at the same time," says Patricia.

About the Artist
As a child in the 1950s, Patricia Oblack sat in front of the television and learned to draw with Jon Gnagy’s New Television Art Instruction Book. The exercise led to a love of art, and in 1962 she begged her mother to purchase lessons from Art Instruction, Inc. in Minneapolis. Within a few weeks, a box arrived with art supplies, including her first palette knife. Patricia finished every lesson, and was in good company–another student of the school was renowned Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. From that humble beginning, Patricia became a lifelong artist, currently creating dark, earthy abstracts, which she paints with the same palette knife from childhood.

Words that describe this painting: abstract, modern, abstract, non-representational, mixed media artwork, green

Impulsive Directions
Patricia Oblack
Acrylic paint and pen on wood
Natural wood edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2018
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
5 lbs. 0 oz.