Self Portrait, charcoal
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P A T R I C I A R I D G E B R A D L E Y
Patricia Ridge Bradley grew up on the open plains of northwestern Oklahoma in the small town of Enid. Music, drama, and fine arts were emphasized in school, and she excelled in fine art from elementary to high school. She earned a BFA with an emphasis on drawing from Oklahoma State University, then apprenticed with an advertising agency in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she learned design and illustration. She founded Bradley Studios, starting a 35-year career as a graphic designer in Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma.
Patricia returned to fine art full-time, working in charcoal, pastel, oil, and acrylic. She enjoys drawing and painting the figure, portraiture, still life, landscapes, streetscapes, and western themes in a representational style. Her technique ranges from very loose and spontaneous to meticulously rendered. Patricia has studied with Leslie Lienau, Mike Wimmer, Glen Thomas, Huihan Liu, Clive Tyler, Jude Tolar, Greg Stone, Daniel Keys, Jeremy Lipking, Susan Lyon, Michael Bergt, Kim English, Michelle Dunaway, Natasha Isenhour, Derek Penix, Dan Robinson, Lance Hunter, Dale Martin, and Sarah Sedwick. Patricia currently teaches classes and workshops in graphite, charcoal and soft pastels for beginning to advanced students. While in Enid, OK, she founded a fine art school where she taught students ages 7 to 90. She has done portrait, still life and landscape demonstrations in pastel and charcoal for several arts associations in Oklahoma, and donates artwork to select charitable organizations. Patricia self-produced a 4-part video portrait demonstration in soft pastel for the Oklahoma Pastel Society. Patricia has traveled extensively in Europe and the United States, especially New Mexico. She and her husband live in Coweta, Oklahoma, and enjoy their cabins located in the the wooded hills of northeast Oklahoma, and the mountains of northeastern New Mexico. Patricia is a member of the following professional organizations: Women Artists of the West, Associate Member American Women Artists, Associate Member with Distinction Oil Painters of America, Associate Member Pastel Society of America, Associate Member American Impressionist Society, Associate Member Portrait Society of America, Member International Association of Pastel Societies, Member Tulsa Artists Guild, Member Oklahoma Pastel Society, Member Muskogee Art Guild, Member |