"I love to try and capture a sense of life and essence, through gesture. I am currently working on larger paintings, combining my interest in animation, painting and computer graphics to create thematic works dealing with my concerns about the environment and human interaction. Capturing fleeting moments of movement and using the figure in the environment is very important to me!"
Patricia graduated from Smith College in 1984 with a BA in Art History and a Minor in Economics. Working on Wall Street as a Corporate Analyst, she decided to further her education in Fine Art and Computer Graphics, earning two Master's degrees from the NY Academy in Traditional Painting and the School of Visual Arts in Computer Graphics. Recruited by Walt Disney Feature Animation, she trained as a Computer Character Animator and also worked for Dreamworks, Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital, New Zealand. Some of her film credits include: "Mulan", "Pocahontas", "Lilo and Stitch", "Star Wars", "Antz", "Shrek" and "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", where she was Senior Animator for the character, "Gollum". After being an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH for 10 years, Patricia returned to Disney Feature Animation to Mentor in the Internship Training Program, helping to train a new generation of character animators. She currently splits her time between France and Los Angeles, painting and teaching part-time. Her work was recently recognized in Modern Impressionist Magazine, winning first place for figurative painting.