Current Professional Art Exhibits
"34th Annual Midwest Seasons"
January 10 - March 16, 2024
Wausau Center for the Visual Arts
Wausau, Wisconsin
Watercolor Wisconsin 2023"
December 13, 2023 – April 13, 2024
Wustum Museum of Art
Racine, Wisconsin
"GALEX 57"
March 9 - April 6, 2024
Galesburg Civic Art Center
Galesburg, Illinois
"Go Figure - WVA Juried Exhibition"
March 8 – April 26, 2024
Cedarburg Art Museum
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
* PAINTINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS - PORTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES *
Artist's Statement
“There should be an internal relationship between making a piece of art and the artist. It is important however, that the work draws in the viewer to complete this visual process."
"Images need to emotionally engage both maker and viewer.”
Artist's Biography
Being born in Oshkosh and moving to Cedarburg in the early 60’s gave Patrick Doughman’s Art strong Midwest roots. Being the son of an artist and educator instilled a passion for the arts at an early age. Patrick received a BA in Art Education from UW- Platteville. He went on to proudly teach high school art for 35 years. While at Platteville in the 70’s and he studied the work and lives of Regionalist Artists Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. Their dedication to technique and recording the passion of Midwest life strongly influenced Doughman’s art.
Finding and exploring new and unique ways to express his ideas have always been important to him. His work is constantly evolving. His Art emphasizes, not only the relationship of figures in the composition, but also painting technique and application of color. His interest in revitalizing the historic techniques of egg tempera, now makes up the bulk of his new work over recent years. Doughman is a skilled printmaker, focusing on relief cuts. He was privileged to earn his MFA at UW- Madison in the 80’s and trained under the guidance of accomplished Wisconsin printmakers Warrington Colescott, Bill Weege, Fran Myers and Raymond Gloeckler.
The “line making” quality of printmaking carries over into Patrick’s painting technique. “I paint very much like I would print; separating colors, like plates or blocks, overlaying them, one color at a time, and letting the eye blend them together to create new colors and textures.”
Doughman’s work is largely narrative. The figures in his compositions draw in the viewer to ask questions such as:
“what just happened?; “will this be resolved?”
or possibly “where do they go from here?”