Mr.
Patric Galvin
Mr.
Galvin moved to Colorado from New Mexico in 1973 and completed an undergraduate
degree in Chemistry at the University of Colorado, where he also continued
his lifelong study of art. Moving to Evergreen in1988, allowed Pat to
have a larger studio space and his work flourished as he continued to
find his artistic voice. He continues to work from his Evergreen studio
and has added an additional studio space on Santa Fe Drive, with “Artists
on Santa Fe,” working with Beth Sands and Jim.
Mr. Galvin’s work has centered mainly on the exploration of the
inner meanings of life and nature. His unique background in Chemistry,
Business, Environment, and Art has allowed him to develop his eye for
pattern, underlying current, dissonance, tension, and energy. He develops
an understanding of the subject and then expresses it through multiple
mediums. His goal of incorporating motion, color, and a sense of joy
in his works derives from his personal life philosophies. Because he
has been creating art from his early youth, he is driven to continually
to express himself artistically, “Art is life, it is truly necessary
as fuel for the soul.” He has set aside time each week to improve
his skills as an artist. The maturity and depth of his work show it.
His pieces are energetic and multi-dimensional. They take a long time
to understand and allow a viewer new discoveries over long time periods.
“I have several of Mr. Galvin’s paintings and they are still
as engaging as they were when we bought them,” says Mr. Dave Duke
a longtime collector of Pat’s work.
Mr.
Galvin says, “When you look upon my art work I want to move your
eye, communicate to your mind, and delight your soul. If I have done
this then my work has been successful. If I fail to reach you on all
these levels then I have failed as the artist in my communication, not
the viewer in their understanding.” Mr. Galvin uses art to communicate
very complex scientific ideas, such as; Entropy, String Theory, Chaos
Theory, Dimensional Universes, Energy, and Harmonics, as well as natural
expressions of Harmony, Love, Music and the Universalism of Nature.
In asking what genre his work falls, he responded, “I am classified
as a Neo-Plastic Modernist, however, I am starting a new genre, one
I believe is based on communicating not just meaning and context but
emotion as well; so you could say that I am an Emotional Expressionist.”
Most
recently Mr. Galvin has been focusing on the science, music, nature,
and canyon mood series. The Canyon Mood series was first started while
in college. He learned his techniques from Ms. Jan Myers the famous
Southwest pastelist. They both went to college together and have remained
friends over both their careers. Jan inspired this series and taught
Pat some of her techniques in the early 80’s, from which Pat has
continued to grow and develop.
His
music series is growing in depth and popularity. The energetic colors
and movements that are depicted truly encourage a viewer to visually
feel the energy of the music. He paints while the specific music of
the composer is playing through his studio. “It helps (to play
the music) translate the specific energy of the musical piece,”
says Mr. Galvin. He is starting a limited edition lithograph of this
series. His first is “Crossroad Blues”, an exploration of
high energy American Jazz.
Mr.
Galvin’s science series are very interesting. They convey the
meanings underlying the scientific principals, such as entropy, enthalpy,
chaos theory, string theory and energy. He studies each of these issues
in depth and then creates a series that illustrates the concepts while
maintaining the communication with the audience. They are highly complex
pieces and are true to the scientific nature of the principals. It is
interesting how some of the paintings are akin to Jackson Pollack’s
paintings which Pollack called “energy paintings.”
Pat’s
nature series started with some landscapes and has focused on the study
of water and the interaction of light and color. He has attempted to
create the depth of water in three dimensions while maintaining an impressionist
viewpoint. He has developed a very strong water lilies series, which
are very recognizable. Their brilliant colors and balanced composition
allow for the viewer to move around the pieces without settling in one
focused point. This makes the paintings very active and a wonderful
treat to view.
Mr.
Galvin’s work is collected all over the United States. His work
is unique, strong, and poignant. He continues to emerge as a strong
representative of this new Emotional Expressionist movement of one.
He is driven to success in all of his endeavors and he is certainly
on the road to fame with his artistic efforts. His work ranges in pricing
from $400 to $20,000, with most running around $1800. His work will
be found in the best collections over the years and will certainly appreciate
in value as he continues to produce and improve. It would be a wise
investment both financially as well as artistically. You can see more
of his works at www.galvinfinearts.com. We hope this has helped you
appreciate the artist as well as the art in more depth.
