“I am at liberty to paint flowers, and call them simply flowers, without their needing to tell a story.”
Auguste Renoir
Artist Statement
My paintings and drawings explore the relationship between colour and form. I use my personal interpretation of a variety of objects, as source material for my work; the female form, horses, land, water, and flora. I use my understanding of colour theory to create vibrant, rich and sometimes agitated paintings. I pay attention to subtle nuances of color and value, to assure that the viewer of the painting can easily tell what time of day it was and the pervading light and atmosphere of the scene, whether it be the tropical or cold crisp east coast. In my drawings I further explore disquiet between line and empty space. Using gestural drawings and intuition the work becomes both representational and very much abstracted.
About Patti
Patti Randazzo Beckett is a graduate of McMaster University with a BA in Honours Art and Women’s Studies.
She spent numerous years supporting artists in all genres before embarking on her own personal journey as a visual artist. She has had solo and shared exhibits across southern Ontario and participated in artist residencies.
Much of her artwork is deeply informed by her feminism, Canadian-Sicilian ancestry and love of horses. She travels extensively and uses photo documentation to explore her surroundings, often taking tight intimate shots of a six inch square of flora, land or structures. Her paintings explore a simple narrative of land, water and flora filtered through her personal experiences and studies of her Sicilian ancestry. Vibrant and colourful is the best way to describe much of her paintings.
Randazzo Beckett has received the City of Hamilton’s Woman of the Year in Arts, and Best in Show at Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant.
She currently lives in Hamilton Ontario.
Experience
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Terroir: Broken Stone Winery, Paul Elia Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2016 Chi sono~Trinacria, Glenhyrst Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
2016 Chi Sono, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
2016 Trinacria, Old Town Hall Gallery, Waterford, Ontario, Solo, Wind Farm Series
Group Exhibitions
2023 Acknowledge, a collaborative exhibition by Patti Randazzo Beckett and Renee Wetselaar, Paul Elia Gallery, Hamilton ON.
2022 ArtWorks Oakville, 22nd Annual Juried Show, Queen Elizabeth Community Cultural Centre, Oakville, ON
2022 Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia ON
2022 Table Settings, Base 31, Picton ON
2019 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Biennial Juried Show
2018 Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum, Fresh from the Studio, Juried exhibition
2015 we@you me gallery, group show of 13 artists
2014 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Biennial Juried Show. Received Best in Show.
2014 we@you me gallery, group show of six artists
2013 we@you me gallery, group show of seven artists
2003 we@you me gallery group show of nine artists – you me gallery, Hamilton ON
2001 catch-22 Graduating Class – McMaster Museum of Art
Professional Experience (ie. Courses/Lectures/Presentations/Juries)
2022 Make Alchemy, Table Settings Artist Residency, Prince Edward County, ON
2021 Make Alchemy, Table Settings Artist Residency, Prince Edward County, ON
2020 Instructor Painting Workshop, Boca Ciega Park, Largo, Florida
2019 Make Alchemy, Artist Residency, Art at Gibraltar Point, Toronto ON
2019 Instructor Painting Workshop, Boca Ciega Park, Largo, Florida
2018 Make Alchemy, Artist Residency, Prince Edward County
2018 Instructor Painting Workshop, Boca Ciega Park, Largo, Florida
CONTACT INFO:
Thank you for visiting my website. Please contact me to request more information regarding my work, book a visit or to give me feedback.
prandazzo111@gmail.com
905-630-9556
By appointment only
191 Grosvenor Avenue North
Hamilton, ON L8L 7T1