“I do portraits of pottery.” So says Patricia Dobson in a simple statement describing her paintings, but those works are much more than mere portraits. The placement of objects in her still life paintings are works of art in themselves; her use of color and light take those arrangements to an extraordinary level, one that does not go unappreciated by art lovers.

Patricia Dobson (Arizona)

Oklahoma Territory
Oil
18″ By 24″
With the Oklahoma Centennial in mind, this arrangement includes a Comanche drum, Cheyenne moccasins, and a check written in Guthrie, Oklahoma, in 1898, along with some wonderful old books from the same time period.

Patricia Dobson (Arizona)

Into The Open
Oil
10″ By 12″
This was a model I worked with in South Dakota. It’s a study for a larger piece with multiple figures.