Artist Statement
There is an intense energy in the present moment where I attempt to capture ephemeral situations of light and interactions of positional vibrancy. I intend to conjure illusions of space (atmospheres) through the act of painting yet I submit tangible artifacts of emotion such as passion and sensuality in order to build engaging relationships. Sensible proportions, depths, steps, planes, voids, and obtuse geometries reach out to each other to communicate the tension between control and chaos which exists always in the temporal ‘now’. I wish to describe this tension in the act of viewing, as in the act of painting, before the moment is lost into a past tense.
This work also particularly considers material culture and the vanishing of our ability to live simply in an increasingly complex world where industry aggressively fosters insensitive developments that fail to prioritize social and environmental structures that heighten our spirituality and contribute to our understanding of life and the present moment.
Pattinson is represented at the Thielsen Gallery in London, Quartier Libre Galerie in Montréal, Agnes Bugera Gallery in Edmonton, Venus Gallery in Aurora, and Oeno Gallery in Bloomfield, Canada. He paints from his studio in Guelph, and Muskoka, ON.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2012: “Untitled” — Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
- 2012: “Untitled” — Gallery In the Grove, Sarnia
- 2011: “Untitled” — Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton
- 2009: “Vanished” — Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton
- 2008: “Silence” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
- 2007: “Torewa” — Chapel Gallery, Bracebridge
- 2007: “Periphery Flash” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
- 2005: “Rafter” — Hittite Gallery, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
- 2010: “Atelier D'Artista” — Tuscana In, Tuscany, Italy
- 2010: “Maggies” — Thielsen Gallery, London
- 2010: “Beyond the Frame” — Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
- 2010: “U8” — Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
- 2010: “What Keeps You Sane?” — Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
- 2010: “Group Show: with Doug Dolman & Aidan Urquhart” — Thielsen Gallery, London
- 2009: “Group Show” — Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
- 2009: “U8” — Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
- 2009: “Letting My Mind Free” — Arta Gallery, Toronto
- 2009: “Group Show” — Alma Gallery, Guelph
- 2009: “Beyond the Frame” — Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
- 2009: “Maggies” — Thielsen Gallery, London
- 2009: “Chromatic” — Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
- 2008: “Small Stuff + One” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
- 2008: “Shortbread, Sherry & Art” — Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton
- 2008: “Deck the Walls” — Alma Gallery, Guelph
- 2008: “Beyond the Frame” — Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
- 2008: “Two-Man show with Kim Atlin” — Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
- 2008: “Summer Group Show” — Thielsen Gallery, London
- 2008: “U8” — Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
- 2008: “Group Show” — Thielsen Gallery, London
- 2008: “New Gallery Artists” — Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton
- 2008: “In the Beginning” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
- 2007: “For the Love of Art” — Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton
- 2007: “U8” — Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
- 2007: “HK Summer: Introducing Scott Pattinson and Benjamin Evans” — Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary
- 2007: “Bite Size” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
- 2007: “Shortbread & Sherry” — Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton
- 2007: “Petite Format” — Galarie Quartier Libre, Montreal
- 2006: “Valentine’s” — Hittite Gallery, Toronto
- 2006: “HK Summer” — Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary
- 2006: “Summer’s Creative Flutter” — Arta Gallery, Toronto
- 2006: “Abstract Is...” — Arta Gallery, Toronto
- 2006: “Changes” — ACA Gallery, Toronto
- 2006: “Reflections” — ACA Gallery, Toronto
- 2006: “Transitions” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
- 2005: “Continuum” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
- 2005: “Holiday Show” — Arta Gallery, Toronto
- 2005: “Autumnity — All the King’s Men (and Women)” — Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver