Materials, observation, and time

Two decades of independent studio practice balancing solo exhibitions, private commissions, and careful material preparation in Hudson, New York.Irish artist Patrick Maher earned his degree in Fine Art, specializing in Sculpture, from Limerick College of Art and Design. While establishing a career in television; film, and education for nearly 20 years, he remained committed to his artistic practice. In 2023, he returned to Fine Art, dedicating the bulk of his time to painting and drawing.

Maher’s artistic work is based on two strands.

Still life and figurative work.

The still life works are painted "collages", sourced from found objects, photographic references and personal memories, composed over a neutral background broadly evoking earth and sky or foreground and background. The result is often a playful juxtaposition of form, colour and texture, which inhabits a dreamlike space.

The figurative work is based on video and photographic references, some personal, some found after extensive trawling through antique photographs, books and online. He then changes these images, adding or removing elements, masking the original context of the image. By recreating these already existing images in paint, the artist twists and changes their meaning and aims to involve the viewer in experiencing a new and interesting reality.