Artist Profile: Patricia Isenhour

Patricia Isenhour resides in Suffolk and teaches various art classes at the Titustown Recreational Center in Norfolk. She belongs to numerous arts organizations and actively volunteers to support the arts through coordinating community exhibits. She enjoys teaching and has taught acrylic painting, ceramic sculpture/hand building workshops, and Mosaics Design & Craft techniques. Her work, Ocean View Across the Sea (below left), is featured in the Artists Who Teach 2020 Exhibition at The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center.

Thoughts on the creative process:

"The creative way is a lifestyle and being an artist is a calling. As a curious energetic child, I would always be thrilled to be engaged in anything creative and it was often making something from nothing. Life was delightful if I had simple things like a box of crayons, paper, paint, yarn, fabric, needle, thread, cardboard, ribbon, etc.  I could entertain myself for hours using my imagination. My love of learning and the creative process intertwined and began a lifelong fascinating, creative journey.  Over the years I have worked my way through numerous art methods & styles to find myself returning again and again to certain themes. Since moving from the Laurel Highlands of Western Pennsylvania to Hampton Roads 17 years ago, I fell in love with the landscape and its precious wildlife, tidal marshes, swift expansive rivers, shining ocean, and incredible sunrises. I focus my painting on capturing the feeling, the quietness, the light, and particularly the experience of being there, if only for a fleeting moment."

Image Credits: On The Water (detail; main), Ocean View Across the Sea (left), Coastal (middle), Ocean View Morning Moment (right), Ocean View (bottom).