Patrick Duffy

About

b. 1984   —   Artist Patrick W Duffy (b. 1984) grew up in the coastal town of Blue Hill, Maine and started creating artwork at a very early age. Primarily an abstract artist, he explores themes of space, theoreticals, science fiction, describing his works as little Paradoxes. Patrick received his BFA from Pratt Institute in 2006, living and working in Brooklyn, NY for the next 17 years being part of a multitude of shows in New York, New England and Houston, TX. Publications include The New York Times, “Things to See in the Hudson Valley” for the exhibition “Intricate Realities” at the Catskill Arts Society in 2016, as well as “Creating in Color” for Trouvé Magazine Volume 3 in 2015. Since 2019, Patrick has resided in Austin, Texas. I see our reality not just as branching lines, but an expansive network with no central point. My work expresses idiosyncratic explorations of space, patterns and the perception of time in imagery that helps to untangle interconnected thoughts. I always find myself connecting everything. All conscious living organisms on this planet are fundamentally explorers in pursuit of knowledge, trying to understand the true nature of our reality. Everything connects to everything else. Knowing that I will never really understand the true nature of our reality is exciting; a guiding element and engine in my process