Pat Spiz
33 Oxford Court
Petaluma, CA 94952

707 769-1715

adepas1@verizon.net


Pat loves color and light. She is thrilled to be painting after a full career serving the public, which she continues with non-profit work. She taught crafts to children at camps while in high school. She learned and taught copper enameling at the Chautauqua N.Y. Boys and Girls Club. She maintained her interest in art while training in science. Her spiritual path has reinforced her love of both these disciplines.

She is now on the west coast after studying part time for most of 18 years at the Alexandria, Virginia. Art League School, beginning in the early ‘90ies. She continues her studies and competes in Northern California with her figures, landscapes and abstract works.

Perhaps because she has the double talent/interest in the arts and in science she can appreciate the unique freedom of creating her watercolor pieces:

“The pigments, paper and brushes each have personalities and mix in myriad ways. It is always a bit like an experiment. I have all these combinations ruminating in my head. And sometimes it happens magically/spiritually on the paper. I am so grateful to be painting.“


Education:
Artists Workshop of Sonoma County, Sebastopol, CA.
Petaluma Art League, Petaluma, CA. Classes from2006 to present.
The Art League School of Alexandria, VA. Classes from 1990 to 2006.
M.I.T., S.M.; Watercolor and Oriental Calligraphy Classes, 1986
Boston, MA Community Center, Pottery and Weaving Classes

Memberships:
Monday Morning Painters, Sonoma County, CA.
The Sonoma 8, Sonoma County, CA.
Water Spirits, Sonoma County, CA.
Petaluma Art League, Petaluma, CA.
The Art League, Alexandria, VA.
Capital Hill Art League, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Exhibitions:
Trentadue Winery, Geyserville, CA.
Aquus Café, Petaluma, CA.
The Petaluma Mayor’s Show, Petaluma, CA.
The Art League Gallery. Alexandria, VA.
The Atheneum, Alexandria, VA.
Capital Hill Art League, Washington, D.C.
Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria, VA

Related Activities:
Salon Initiator for fellow artists
Screenwriter, in Northern VA Writers; wrote script; helped produce short film
Crafts Teacher for Kiwanis Camp and Copper Enameling Teacher at Boys & Girls Club of Chautauqua Institute, N.Y.