"2009 Artists of the Year" for the
Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau
Kathleen Patrick & Joseph Catanzaro
Original Modern Art From Chicago Artists
Contemporary Paintings & Limited Edition Prints
For more than a decade, Chicago Contemporary Art has been a leading source for unique contemporary works of art. See more current works on our website: www.chicagocontemporaryart.com
With a 3,000 sq. ft. Chicago gallery, we feature the paintings of internationally collected artists Kathleen Patrick and Joseph Catanzaro.
Kathleen Patrick is a highly collected artist with both corporate and private collectors around the world. She has been represented by several major galleries in Southern California and has exhibited her work in the Chicagoland area for over ten years.
Ms. Patrick's works appear in the collections of Gucci, the Bank of America, the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin to name a few. Her works hang in the Sears Tower, the John Hancock and many other major buildings in the area.
She includes among her influences the color and freedom of Chagall, the energy and passion of Van Gogh, and the spatial collage of time and space of Picasso.
Ms. Patrick is best known for her urban scenes, whether wildly colored, energy filled abstracts or highly imaginative cityscapes. Her work strikes a balance between likeness and abstraction. These highly abstract works often contain some pictorial reference to cities and the cityscapes frequently exhibit whole areas which read as abstracts. This creates a scale and a continuum of abstraction/representation intrinsic to the works of this artist.
As the recipient of several college scholarships, Joseph Catanzaro holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing. Painting originally in oils, the artist spent five years researching the materials and techniques of artists such as DaVinci and Rembrandt. Working with oil glazes, he fastidiously spent months on each painting, developing images, layer upon layer, and creating glowing rich colors. He brings this same devotion to his currrent works in acrylics.
Mr. Catanzaro lists Pablo Picasso and Mark Rothko as his modern stylistic influences. From Picasso, also comes the practice of working in several styles at once, thus maximizing his creativity and expression of ideas.
Characteristic to all of this artist's work is a simplified graphic quality and quiet refective mood.
Mr. Catanzaro's work has been highlighted in several one-man shows in the midwest and numerous international and juried shows. His collectors span the globe.
We invite you to come and see our newest show.
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1500 N. Wells Street, Chicago, IL, 60610
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