Patrick Parker

Patrick Parker was born and raised in the Southern California beach community of Torrance, where he attended local schools through senior high. His college years were spent at Loyola Marymount University in West Los Angeles, majoring in Fine Art and Graphic Design.

Out of college, painting and drawing had to take a back seat as Patrick tried to make a living in the world of graphic design. After working a year as the Art Director of a boutique advertising agency in Santa Monica, Patrick and a couple of his close friends decided to pack up and head for the Caribbean.

Returning home a year later, Patrick decided to share a house with a college buddy in the small Orange County beach town of San Clemente. It was here that his passion for art began to gain momentum at a pace that has yet to slow. He is passionate about experimenting in many different media, leading to breakthroughs that please his eye and senses. Drawing upon the beauty he found while living in the Caribbean, his compositions usually revolve around the bright, bold cerulean ocean.

Patrick has been involved in many art shows in places such as Las Vegas, Hawaii, New York, San Diego and Newport Beach. He has been fortunate to have his work reproduced on skateboards by GLOBE International, and in publications such as LongBoard Magazine and MorSurf. His work was also featured in a book released in late 2009 called Surf Story Project.

When not in the ocean playing in the waves, Patrick can be found in the studio painting his own ideas or bringing to canvas an idea from someone else. On the side, he still dabbles in the freelance design world, where he creates everything from CD covers to wine labels to magazine and advertising layouts.

"To me, art is the gateway between reality and dreams. When I look at a piece of art, I am transported from my current state of being to the place or thing the artist has depicted. Great art will draw me into the world that the artist envisioned."

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