Art
Art should grab you by the shoulders. It shouldn’t need explanation. The painter Claude Monet said that if words are needed to understand a work of art, then that art has failed. Its beauty should be self-evident.
Yet in the world of identity politics, art howls and blames. It accuses rather than calms. Its vitriol breeds emptiness. It rejects beauty and rails against our instinct to seek an oasis.
You won’t find aggrieved imagery here. My art is exploratory, yet it affirms harmony. It belongs in homes and offices, and in all the places we consider havens.
About the Artist
With a degree in in Drawing and Painting from Georgia State University, Garner has attended multiple post-graduate workshops with Dan Welden, Ron Pokrasso and other master artists.
His work is in the collections of universities, and private collections in Los Angeles, NYC, Lithuania, Greece, Atlanta and Boston. He exhibited etchings in the show Places at the DeCordova Museum, as well as on Mykonos in Greece.
Garner exhibited at the Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Shows include the juried Viridian Artists 16th National Juried Exhibition in Chelsea, NY, juried shows at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, and at the Fallbrook Arts Center in San Diego, CA. Two of his recent works were exhibited at the Pendle Print Biennial in Lancashire, England.
He has worked from his New England studio for the last decade on a series of images combining painting, photography, watercolor, gouache, cyanotypes and etching.
Garner is also the author of The Naxos Quartet, four best-selling novels about ancient Greek gods in the contemporary world. His breakout podcast, Garner’s Greek Mythology, has listeners in 182 countries (see www.patrickgarnerbooks.com).