Patricia Biesen
St. Francis, Wisconsin, USA
For the last two decades I have shown my work at many Chicago-based galleries as well as a few on the West Coast. One of my drawings even went as far as Bled, Slovenia. I don’t have any hidden meaning regarding my work. I work mostly in florals in oil pastels, inks and watercolor. My work is very soft as I feel we live in a really hard world. I crave softness.
For many years I used my work as its own form of art therapy. I often painted scenes from a challenging childhood as I was a child who had a growth disorder and suffered a lot of abuse at school. In recent years, I became more entranced with nature and its ethereal quality. We use flowers to both celebrate and mourn. My dandelion works are a personal favorite, as it’s a symbol that means so much to so many. A few weeks ago, I told a friend about my affinity for dandelions and Queen Anne’s Lace. I said, “I don’t know if they are flowers or weeds but I like the delicate look of them.” My friend said, “Maybe that’s what our creator thinks of us.”
