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Patrick Saunders, 1970 | Plein Air painter

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Patrick Saunders is an award-winning artist who travels the globe, creating fine art, teaching painting workshops, and judging painting competitions.
Patrick paints a variety of subjects, including portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, and florals.
He has studied with many renowned painters, including Mark English, Malcolm Liepke, Wilbur Niewald, Richard Schmid, and Burton Silverman.
After graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute, Patrick spent a decade as an artist at Hallmark Cards before returning to KCAI to accept a faculty position teaching illustration, painting, animation, and web design.


His students voted to honor Patrick with an Educator of the Year award.
Teaching led to a job offer in advertising, where, as a Group Creative Director, Patrick led teams of marketing professionals in New York, San Francisco, and globally, producing advertising for clients such as Colgate-Palmolive, Whole Foods, Hill’s Pet Food, FedEx, Revlon, Southwest Airlines, Tom’s of Maine, Nextel, Skyy, Kashi, and Kellogg’s.
Throughout his career, Patrick has been recognized for outstanding work, earning awards from the American Advertising Federation, the International Academy of the Visual Arts, the Web Marketing Association, the Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts and Oil Painters of America.

He was first featured by Southwest Art Magazine in 2000, as one of their 21 Artists to Watch Under 31.
Patrick has twice been the cover artist for and featured in Southwest Art Magazine, in September 2018 and in December 2020.
He received a gold medal from the Oil Painters of America in 2020.
In 2013, Patrick began plein air painting, and has won awards from numerous nationally recognized events, including Plein Air Easton, the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Maui Plein Air, Lighthouse Plein Air, Sedona Plein Air, the Airstream Fine Art Invitational, Plein Air Texas, Plein Air Richmond, and Telluride Plein Air.


He was featured in Plein Air Magazine in 2018.
Patrick is a Master Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America, and a Signature Member of the Portrait Society of America.
He is a former Signature Member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, the American Impressionist Society, and the Outdoor Painters Society.






















Patrick Saunders è un artista pluripremiato che viaggia per il mondo, creando belle arti, insegnando laboratori di pittura e giudicando concorsi di pittura.
Patrick dipinge una varietà di soggetti, inclusi ritratti, paesaggi, paesaggi urbani e fiori.
Ha studiato con molti pittori rinomati, tra cui Mark English, Malcolm Liepke, Wilbur Niewald, Richard Schmid e Burton Silverman.
Dopo essersi diplomato al Kansas City Art Institute, Patrick ha trascorso dieci anni come artista presso Hallmark Cards prima di tornare alla KCAI per accettare una posizione universitaria come insegnante di illustrazione, pittura, animazione ed web design.


I suoi studenti hanno votato per onorare Patrick con il premio Educatore dell'anno.
L'insegnamento lo ha portato ad un'offerta di lavoro nel settore pubblicitario, dove, in qualità di direttore creativo del gruppo, Patrick ha guidato team di professionisti del marketing a New York, San Francisco ed in tutto il mondo, producendo pubblicità per clienti come Colgate-Palmolive, Whole Foods, Hill's Pet Food, FedEx, Revlon, Southwest Airlines, Tom's of Maine, Nextel, Skyy, Kashi e Kellogg's.


Nel corso della sua carriera, Patrick è stato riconosciuto per il suo lavoro eccezionale, ottenendo premi dall'American Advertising Federation, dall'International Academy of the Visual Arts, dalla Web Marketing Association, dalla Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts ed Oil Painters of America.
È stato presentato per la prima volta da Southwest Art Magazine nel 2000, come uno dei 21 artisti da tenere d'occhio sotto i 31 anni.
Patrick è stato due volte l'artista della copertina ed apparso su Southwest Art Magazine, nel settembre 2018 e nel dicembre 2020.

Ha ricevuto una medaglia d'oro dagli Oil Painters of America nel 2020.
Nel 2013, Patrick ha iniziato a dipingere all'aria aperta e ha vinto premi da numerosi eventi riconosciuti a livello nazionale, tra cui Plein Air Easton, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Maui Plein Air, Lighthouse Plein Air, Sedona Plein Air, Airstream Fine Art Invitational, Plein Air Texas, Plein Air Richmond e Telluride Plein Air.