Patrick O’Donohue ARBSA
January 7 - February 22
Patrick O’Donohue has over 30 years’ experience as a Ceramic Artist and Potter. He studied at Wolverhampton University from 1989, gaining a BA Hons in 3D Design Ceramics and later returned to complete an MA in Art and Design. He also studied a PGCE in Education and went on to teach Art and Design for over 20 years at Colleges in the Black Country and Birmingham. Patrick held the position of Head of Art and Design at Joseph Chamberlain College for 10 of those years.
Patrick still works as a Senior Leader in post 16 education in Birmingham, but since his family have now grown up, he also works from his home studio producing ceramics for exhibitions and for private commissions. He exhibits his work both regionally and nationally at major ceramics shows and sells work through commercial galleries.
Patrick creates distinctive and refined wheel-thrown pottery that captures the essence of abstraction. Inspired by abstract expressionist painting, his recent work explores the beauty of darkness and the night as a time for quiet contemplation and reflection. His painterly pieces reference shadows and often reflect shapes, or a glimpse of colour expressed or informed by memories and imagined forms. Patrick explores images that blur or sharpen in the disappearing light, that are distorted by the darkness, and abstracted by his own personal perceptions and ways of seeing.
Exhibition ends: Saturday 22 February 5.00pm
Image: Patrick O’Donohue ARBSA, 8