Pat Service Art
Canadian
Canadian artist Pat Service has been creating expressive, intensely colourful acrylic paintings for several decades. Born in the small coastal town of Port Alberni on
Vancouver Island, the beautiful, rugged shoreline, mountain vistas and ancient forests influenced both the subject and style of her work. She is known for her ability to capture the subtleties of light as they appear in the sky and water. Her brushstrokes also emulate the textures she observes in nature. Her use of thinned out paint allows for more transparency in colours and is a feature of her work. Service’s subjects are landscapes, florals, animals and still lifes.
“Living close to nature for the first 12 years of my life indelibly imprinted on me an identity with trees fields, creeks, lakes, dirt, rocks, the sun, the sky, gardens, plants,
flowers, roads, and so on. Every time I start a new painting I am attempting to honour and seal that connection.”(Pat Service)
Service attended the University of British Columbia where she acquired her Bachelor of Arts degree. Her husband’s career took her to Scotland where she attended classes at the Glasgow School of Art. Her early influences were the Scottish artists whose brushwork and colour choices were reminiscent of the popular Post-Impressionist French painters. Service also lived in Eastern Canada and Venezuela but in 1972, the family moved back to Vancouver, B.C. She continued to paint and attended several artist’s workshops in the U.S. and Canada. Following numerous experiences at the renowned Emma Lake Professional Artist Workshops in Saskatchewan, (where she met a community of abstract painters including Milly Ristvedt), Service began to change her approach to her work. Traditional landscapes gave way to a more liberated, abstract style in colour and form.
“Working side by side with abstract artists, I began to envy their freedom to invent colour relationships and focus on mark making. The energy and excitement that comes with that kind of innovation, I wanted some of that. Up to then, I had worked closer to nature, not in a very detailed way but my work always had a clear reference to the real world. Now I began to liberate myself from that close connection and trust the casual references that can evoke a world of its own.” (Pat Service)
She has exhibited widely throughout Canada and internationally. Service’s paintings are in numerous private, corporate collections and several museum collections around the world.(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
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Artist: Pat Service
Piano Reflections 2 - dark, cool, expressive, abstracted, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Every morning for 15 minutes, Pat Service finds peace in playing the piano—classical music she learned as a teenager. This lyrical composition was inspired by such a moment rendered ...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dock 8 (Red Lozenge) - minimalist, abstract waterscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
BC artist Pat Service spent almost a dozen summers at Professional Artist’s Workshops in Emma Lake Saskatchewan. A series of paintings were inspired by those memories, including seve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Boat 6 - bright, yellow, minimalist, abstracted waterscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In brilliant yellow, Vancouver artist Pat Service has captured the classic image of a rowboat, moored to a dock. The form is near abstraction as only the outline of the boat in brown...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lake-Junket - warm, expressive, colorful, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The colours of summer—pastel yellows, blues, and green are re-imagined in this charming view of Emma Lake, Saskatchewan rendered by BC artist Pat Ser...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nicola Lake II - calm, expressive, colorful, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service’s expressive, colourful landscapes are a faithful homage to the land she grew up in. Nicola Lake was formed by ancient glaciers and winds its way through the hilly wilder...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Crops - large, bright, colorful, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service has captured the big sky and wide-open spaces of the prairie in this charming colourful landscape. Reminiscent of Van Gogh’s form and palette, the mauve sky, green, orange, and yellow crops...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Threesome - tall, colorful, minimalist, abstracted, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service loves trees. The dramatic BC landscape she grew up in has always influenced her work. In this abstract painting, the clean lines of three bold shapes—trees in various sta...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pansy, Dark - colourful, expressive, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A rich dark purple pansy fills the canvas in this engaging abstract floral by Vancouver artist, Pat Service. The bright white pistil/center provides contrast. Reminiscent of Andy War...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
After Noon - bright, colorful, minimalist, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful landscape rendered in fresh contemporary colours and minimalist form is by Pat Service. Renowned as one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Service has pared down shape...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Piano Reflections 3 - bright, warm, expressive, abstracted, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once expressive and lyrical, this abstract work was painted by Pat Service renowned as one of Canada’s finest landscape artists. Service is often inspired by natural forms and col...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
E.C. Trees - bright, colorful, minimalist, abstracted trees, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In striking minimalist form, in yellow, blue and orange, Pat Service, one of Canada’s finest landscape painters was inspired to re-imagine the work of the renowned B.C. artist Emily ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Moment I - dark, expressive, minimalist, abstracted shapes, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Curated bold brush strokes stand out against a velvety black background. This is Pat Services’ abstract series called, ‘The Black Velvet Paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Moment III - dark, expressive, minimalist, abstracted shapes, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Three bold nature inspired images pop against a velvety black background in this minimalist painting by Pat Service. The Canadian artist’s abstract series is called, ‘The Black Velvet Paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tumbleweed - dark, expressive, minimalist, abstracted florals, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The velvety black backdrop of this abstract painting by Pat Service makes the colours pop. Considered one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, this striking minimalist series sugges...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Settled - dark, expressive, minimalist, abstracted florals, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Minimal in form and bold in colour this is the Black Velvet Series of paintings by Pat Service. A renowned Canadian landscape artist, these abstract images of flora and fauna were in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Velvet Poppy - colorful, expressive, minimal, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dramatic painting of a single blossom by Pat Service, the colour palette is rich and bold—burgundy red and deep purple and the texture appears to be velvety soft. Reminiscent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blossom Pale - colorful, expressive, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The beauty of a single blossom is captured in this painting by Pat Service. The colour palette is soft, and fresh—creamy yellow, peach, and orange. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, the Va...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Goldilocks - bright, colorful, minimalist, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bold and bright, this minimalist painting of a summer lake scene is by Pat Service. She is regarded as one of Canada’s foremost landscape artists. Here she has re-imagined a classic ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Middle Lake - colorful, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Cottage country—a classic scene is re-imagined in minimalist form and bright colours. This is Pat Service. She is considered one of Canada’s finest landscape artists. Here she recall...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Guest - bright, colorful, minimalist, abstracted tree, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service has an affinity for nature. Growing up on the West Coast the Canadian artist was surrounded by trees, rocky beaches and the sea. This is one of a series of playful pieces that ascribes personalities to different trees. Painted in bright yellow with an orange trunk...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Return - bright, colorful, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The colours of summer by the lake are celebrated in this pastoral painting by Pat Service. The Canadian artist is known for her landscapes—this minimalist piece illustrates a classic lake and beach view—the deep blues of the cloud filled sky and lake, green fields, a red cabin...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
High Way - bright, colorful, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Using bright contemporary colours Pat Service has created a joyful painting of the open highway as it winds through a mountainous landscape. The vivid colour palette—bright yellow, o...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dolly - bright, colorful, minimalist, abstracted tree, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service has had a life-long love affair with nature. Known as one of Canada’s foremost landscape artists, Service’s work has evolved from classic form to minimalism. The pared do...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Top Hat - colorful, minimalist, abstracted tree, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Considered one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service’s work has evolved from classic form to minimalism. This is one of a series of paintings she created to celebrate her...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Four Hills - vibrant, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
BC artist Pat Service is well known for her beautiful landscapes. In the last few years she has interpreted those images in minimalist form rendered in vivid colours. Four Hills is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Five Flowers Red on Green - colorful, minimal, abstract, floral, oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful, colourful painting is by one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service.
Here, the avid gardener uses bold colours-eye-popping red, yellow and white against a br...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Proud Pansy - colorful, expressive, abstract, floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In vivid blue Pat Service has captured the simple beauty of the pansy. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Service’s flowers are pared down to the essentials--simple shapes without leaves or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My.Heart.Beats.Here. - colorful, minimal, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vancouver artist Pat Service has always found inspiration in nature for her beautiful paintings.
This series of florals documents a variety of single blossoms. A Grouping of four fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Joan - vibrant, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service’s brightly coloured compositions bring an inspired contemporary dynamic to landscapes. This painting was created following a memorable road trip with a friend called Joan...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Five Flowers Blue on Red - colorful, minimal, abstract, floral, oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful, colourful painting is by one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service.
Here, the avid gardener uses bold colours-royal blue, black and white against a bright r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Good Morning - colorful, expressive, abstract, floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In a gorgeous deep blue, Pat Service has captured the essence of a single bloom. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, the Vancouver artist’s flowers are pared down to the essentials--simple s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Mountain Sun - bright, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bold, bright colours and clean lines capture the essence of a setting sun as it slips behind a mountain range. This is one of a series of minimalist paintings that celebrates the ‘ro...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wild Card - colorful, expressive, minimal, abstract, floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single golden yellow ‘black-eyed Susan’ pops from the canvas in this joyful painting by Pat Service. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Service’s flowers are pared down to the essentials-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Directions - vibrant, green, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
An urban landscape is recalled and rendered in bold lines and rich colours-- forest green, turquoise, red and white in this minimalist piece by Pat Service. Known as one of Canada’s ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sentinel - tall, minimalist, abstracted forest, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service loves trees. The dramatic BC landscape she grew up in has always influenced her work. In this abstract painting, the clean lines of three bold shapes—trees in various sta...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dock 5 (Tension) - colorful, minimalist, abstract waterscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
BC artist Pat Service spent twelve summers at Professional Artist’s Workshops in Emma Lake Saskatchewan. A series of paintings were a result of those rich memories including several ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lily, Red - colourful, expressive, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The distinctive shape of a bright red lily pops from the canvas in this engaging floral abstract by Vancouver artist, Pat Service. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Service’s flowers are p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Velvet I - dark, expressive, abstracted florals, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Matte black offers a striking background for this abstract painting by Pat Service. Bright orange and white flowers pop against the black as several other floral shapes in muted shad...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Across the Water - calm, expressive, abstracted waterscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this serene painting by one of Canada’s leading landscape artists, Pat Service deconstructs the elements of a view across a lake in summer. The form is abstracted, and the colours...
Category
1980s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Oh Yes - wide, colorful, minimalist, abstracted, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A view of the forest as seen by Pat Service from the studio windows at Emma Lake Saskatchewan where she attended the renowned Professional Artist Workshops for 11 years. This painting is part of her ‘Tree Series...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rocks and Sky - large, calming, shoreline, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Pat Service grew up surrounded by the rugged beauty of the BC landscape—forests, sea and sky. In this, one of her earlier landscape paintings Service has captured a v...
Category
1990s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gold - bold, colorful, minimalist, abstracted waterscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As part of an iconic series inspired by summers at the lake, Pat Service re-imagines the classic form of a rowboat. The boat in golden orange is moo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nougat - bright, warm, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A refreshingly original colour palette and clean, bold shapes tells the ‘story’ in this minimalist painting by Pat Service. As always, the BC artist is inspired by the beauty of natu...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Father & Son - colorful, expressive, abstracted figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This charming, unembellished portrait of a little boy held closely by his father as they wade in the water is by Pat Service. The backdrop for the painting is lime green…a summer col...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mission View - large, expressive, colorful, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This lovely landscape rendered in a tapestry of rich colours was painted by Canada’s Pat Service. The town of Mission sits on the north shore of B.C.’s Fraser River which winds its w...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Big Red Trip - large, bright, colorful, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
BC artist Pat Service has always had a special fondness for the allure of the ‘open road.’ Over the years many road trips across the mountains to the prairies in Saskatchewan have pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Simple Story - colorful, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This minimalist landscape by Canadian artist Pat Service was inspired by the many road trips she has taken over the years. The view down the highway towards a mountain range in the d...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Punctuation - colorful, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing minimalist composition by Pat Service was inspired by her love of road trips and is all about colour and clean, bold shapes. The canvas is saturated with a deep blue ...
Category
2010s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Turquoise Square - colourful, expressive, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking abstract painting by Vancouver artist Pat Service was inspired by a watercolour of a lake in summer. Bright turquoise waters, a band of trees in soft green, a cabin in ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Peach Square - colourful, expressive, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking abstract painting by Vancouver artist Pat Service was inspired by a watercolour of a lake in summer. Bright orange waters, a band of trees in soft yellow, a cabin in or...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Pat Service Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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