Patricia Oblack

10' Changes Everything, Abstract Painting

2020

Artist Comments
"My work is completely in the direction of abstract, but many viewers experience other views," says Patricia. "In this piece, the name tells the story that when viewed up close it is truly abstract, but step away about 10 feet and it changes to a woodland landscape. Not intentional, just the magic of the knife. A plus perhaps."

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, acrylic painting, orange

10' Changes Everything
Patricia Oblack
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2020
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 1 in. d
4 lbs. 0 oz.