Waken All Scott Pattinson

Mesmerizing swirls of colour-in vivid reds, oranges, purples and turquoise display energy and passion in this abstract painting by Canadian Scott Pattinson. Using a broad brush and adding thick layers of oil in complimentary colours punctuated by black marks, Pattinson's expressive work immediately engages the viewer. "Pattinson plays with the emotional triggers of colours, mostly by slamming together unlikely, even decadent, contrasting hues and then encases those associations, the metonymic readings possible, with harsh, cutting and calligraphic blackish strokes." Montreal art critic R. M. Vaughan Pattinson studied architecture and urban design at the University of Toronto and completed a BES in Urban Design from the University of Waterloo. Since 2005, he has exhibited in numerous group and solo shows in galleries across Canada, including a 2014 retrospective at Gallery Stratford. His work is held at Gallery Stratford as well as in numerous corporate and private collections in Canada, Dubai, Italy, France and the US.