Bench with Cactii, 1974
Etching, 15 1/2" x 20"
Pat Hardy was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1940, and currently resides in North Berwick, Maine. She studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, received her BFA in painting from Syracuse University, and studied with John Laurent at the Ogunquit School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work is featured in numerous collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the University of Missouri’s Museum of Art and Archaeology, and the Georgia Museum of Art. Hardy is best known for her still life compositions, and produces work in multiple mediums, including paintings, murals, lithographs, and etchings. In addition to creating her own art, she has excelled as a conservator, a restorer of oil paintings (for Anthony Moore Painting Conservation), and as co-owner of “Fancy Painters,” which restored the painted interiors of historic buildings.