Patrick has been a Professor of Art at Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) for 15+ years. Prior to W&J, he taught at Western Michigan University. He received my MFA and BFA in painting from Central Michigan University. Patrick has exhibited his paintings, drawings, and drawing installations nationally for 20 years at venues such as The Painting Center (NY), Ormand Art Museum (FL), BG Gallery (CA), and NutureArt (NY). Five years ago, Patrick showed at the Siena Art Institute, Florence School of Fine Arts, and BoCs Museum Cosenza, all in Italy. In addition to the grants and awards he has received, Patrick has attended residencies at the Soaring Gardens Retreat (PA), Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (MI), and Box of Contemporary Space (Italy).