Hammers Inside, 1991
Oil on Canvas, 60" x 84"
Patrick Kirwin was born in 1959 in Columbus, Ohio. He received his B.F.A. in 1983 from the Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio, and an M.F.A. in 1987 from George Washington University, Washington,D.C. He continued his studies with a fellowship at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, in 1991. He has been artist-in-residence at the Griffis Art Center in New London, Connecticut, and the Hambridge, Center in Rabun Gap, Georgia. His work has been exhibited throughout the mid-Atlantic area. Kirwin explores a variety of subjects and styles and is equally comfortable working in oil, tempera, pastel, acrylic, and watercolor.
*Excerpted from Tools as Art: the Hechinger Collection, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc.