About The Artist
Patricia Tuglus has been taking classes and workshops for many years and in many mediums. She has earned a certificate in Botanical Art Illustration from the Morton Arboretum.
Her art has been exhibited with the Addison Art Guild, Addison Center for the Arts, Alliance of Fine Art, Downers Grove Artists Guild, DuPage Art League, LaGrange Art League, The Norris Art Center, Oak Brook Art League, and The Yellow House Artists. In the past year, she has received many awards for her paintings. Her paintings are in private collections.
ARTIST’s STATEMENT
Patricia (Pat) Tuglus
"I don't really paint like anyone else I know. When I painted in the style of others, I was never satisfied. I woke up to this when I completed my certificate in botanical illustration and immediately decided that it was not the direction I wanted to go artistically. After that, I gave myself permission to discover my own style.
My painting style is intuitive. I rarely do preliminary sketches and when I do, it consists of only a few lines or blocks of color. For me, conscious planning forms a roadblock.
When painting a landscape or an abstract I allow the spirit of its nature to soak into my being, where it waits to direct it's essence through the paint and onto the paper. It creates it's own existence, flowing colors and melding into an agreement of the finished painting."