“I love to paint watercolors that are alive with color and drenched with sunlight. I enjoy creating hyper-realism in my paintings for a three-dimensional quality with strong darks and lights, fine details, glossy surfaces and soft textures.”
Patricia Schmidt
has been painting with watercolor for over thirty years and is known for her super-realistic paintings alive with color and drenched with light.
She is a signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society and the Watercolor Society of Oregon; a charter member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, a member of the Oregon Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society, the Oregon Society of Artists and SPLASH, a professional artist group. Her paintings are included in the watercolor books “Splash Retrospective: 20 years of Contemporary Watercolor Excellence“ (2013), “Splash 14: Light and Color” (2013”), “Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision” (2011) and the Winter 2005 “Watercolor“ magazine.
Her gallery is the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery at 1237 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.
Patricia has taught watercolor, drawing and colored pencil classes as adjunct faculty for Mt. Hood Community College, Portland Community College, and Clark College (Vancouver, WA) as well as classes at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology on the Oregon Coast and workshops in Oregon.
She has illustrated with watercolored pen and ink drawings, a children’s book “A Dolphin Named Destiny” which will be published in 2024. She has also illustrated greeting cards for several greeting card companies and pen and ink designs for a rubber stamp company.
Patricia Schmidt Resume
INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition
2015 Northwest Watercolor Society 75th International Show
2014 National Watercolor Society 94th International Show
2002 Northwest Watercolor Society Show and AWARD
1995 Watercolor USA, Springfield, MO
1994 Northwest Watercolor Society Show and AWARD
1990 United States & British Columbia Watercolor Exchange Exhibition
NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
1995 Watercolor USA, Springfield, MO
1992 Watercolor USA, Springfield, MO
1991 Northwest Watercolor Society Show
1991 Watercolor USA, Springfield, MO
1987 Northwest Watercolor Society Show
REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
2016 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show
2015 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show
2011 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show and AWARD
2009 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
2008 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show and AWARD
2007 Portland Home and Garden Show in Portland, Oregon
2004 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
2003 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
2002 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show and AWARD
2001 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
2000 “Metaphors and Icons”, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts
1999 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show
1998 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show and AWARD
1997 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
1997 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show
1995 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show and AWARD
1994 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show
1994 Eastern Washington Watercolor Society Show and AWARD
1993 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
1992 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show
1991 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show and AWARD
1990 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show
1990 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show and AWARD
1990 Oregon Society of Artists Rose Show
1990 US/BC Watercolor Exchange Exhibition
1988 Beaverton Arts Commission Showcase
1988 Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring Show and AWARD
1988 Beaverton Arts Commission Showcase
1988 Oregon Society of Artists Rose Show
1986 Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall Show and AWARD
1985 Beaverton Arts Commission Showcase
INVITATIONAL GALLERY SHOWS
2024 Two Person Art Show at Dee Denton Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR
2015 Sitka Art Invitational Exhibit and Sale, Portland, OR
2014 Sitka Art Invitational Exhibit and Sale, Portland, OR
2011 Three Person Art Show at Concordia University Library, Portland, OR
2010 Chronicle Exhibit at Lake Oswego Festival, Lake Oswego, OR
2009 Sitka Art Invitational Exhibit and Sale, Portland, OR
2006 SPLASH Group Featured Show at Lake Oswego Arts Festival
1997 “Contemporary Still Life in the NW”, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR
2005 “Tea with a Twist” at Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR