Charles Patrick Paintings
American, b. 1970
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper butterflies, suspended like museum specimens on individual entomology pins and clustered together to form icons, logos, and symbols against the backdrop of pristine canvases.
Living in a world between the paper and digital ages, these works conjure feelings of nostalgia for the tactility of paper, created from vintage comic books, children’s books, currency, maps, and other obsolete ephemera. This stands in jarring contrast to the clean, pixelated designs that the butterflies form which exchange individual emotion for the universal immediacy of today’s contemporary visual language. Targets, hearts, ohms, and stars pop from the canvas in three-dimension- a fresh departure from the flat screens that are the norm today.
With a background in vintage poster restoration, illustration, and printmaking, Charles Patrick combines his love of paper, art history, and design to create works that are both strikingly beautiful and poignantly thought-provoking.
Charles lives and works between Cos Cob, Connecticut and Nantucket, Massachusetts.to
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Artist: Charles Patrick
"You've Been Dreaming" by Charles Patrick with Mixed Media White Butterflies
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
Charles Patrick
"You've Been Dreaming"
36 x 36 inches (Framed Size)
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from White Vellum, arranged in the shape of a target, and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to canvas. Framed in a clear, plexiglass box.
About Charles Patrick
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"Solar Eclipse" 4 piece by Charles Patrick with Mixed Media Butterflies
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Fine art paper cut into the shape of butterflies and pinned to canvas in the shape of a circle with stainless steel entomology pins, painted with liquid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"Totally DOPE" by Charles Patrick / Mixed Media Butterflies
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from silver foil, arranged in the shape of the word DOPE, and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to canvas. Framed in a clear, plexiglass box.
Available Sizes (Framed Size)
Standard 36" x 36"
About Charles Patrick
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"Magic Hour" by Charles Patrick with Mixed Media Butterflies saying Happy Place
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from paper, arranged in the shape of the word HAPPY PLACE, and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to white canvas. Framed in a clear, plexiglass box.
Available Sizes (Framed Size)
Standard 39" x 60"
About Charles Patrick
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"Yippee-Ki-Yay" by Charles Patrick with Mixed Media Butterflies
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from Vintage Comic Book Pages, arranged in the shape of the word YAY, and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to canvas. Framed in a white powder-coated frame.
Available Sizes (Framed Size)
Standard 30" x 38"
About Charles Patrick
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"SO DOPE" Butterflies Cut From Metallic Paper & Pinned with Entomology Pins
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
SO DOPE
Butterflies cut from silver paper, arranged in the shape of the word DOPE, and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to black canvas. Framed in a clear, plexiglass box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"You Are Stronger Than You Think" by Charles Patrick w/ Mixed Media Butterflies
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from Vintage Comic Book Pages, arranged in the shape of Wonder Woman, and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to canvas. Framed in a clear, plexiglass box.
Available Sizes (Framed Size)
Standard 48" x 36"
About Charles Patrick
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"DOPE" by Charles Patrick Mixed Media Black Butterflies
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from pigment dyed cardstock, arranged in the shape of the word DOPE and pinned with stainless steel entomology pins to black canvas. Framed in a clear, plexiglass box.
Available Sizes (Framed Size)
Standard 48" x 48"
About Charles Patrick
Charles Patrick is best known for his intricately cut paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins
"$4.20" by Charles Patrick with Mixed Media Butterflies
By Charles Patrick
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is sourced directly from the artist.
Butterflies cut from $2 bills, arranged in the shape of a pot leaf, and pinned with stainless steel entomology ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Charles Patrick Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Pins, Archival Paper
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