Patricia Oblack

Boxing on the Block All Night, Abstract Painting

2018

Artist Comments
Lines from my palette knife, striking over and into submerged colors, lots of energy as in sports, with suggestions of streets ; bridges from a busy city. Yet, there is a sense of calm and comfort.

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: texture, earth tones, movement, balance, abstract, non-representational, acrylic painting, grey, beige

Boxing on the Block All Night
Patricia Oblack
Acrylic painting on wood
Natural wood edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2018
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 0 oz.