A native of Montana, Pat received her BA in Applied Art from Montana State University, Bozeman, which included studies abroad at Le Instituto Francese in Florence, Italy, and The Academy Of Art in Eindhoven, Holland. Her professional experience has included work as an illustrator, curator and gallery chairwoman, art teacher, juror, demonstrator, guest artist, mural painter, volunteer with community arts programs and as an art docent for the public school system. She has studied extensively on her own and with nationally known artists whose work she admires. A working artist for over 30 years, she is presently working full time in her studio and in plein air.
Pat has been featured in the “Master Pastel Artists of the World/US Showcase“ in Pastel Artist International Magazine May/June 2002, featured in a solo article “Patricia Meras, Painting Dreamy Landscapes” in Pastel Journal Magazine July/Aug 2002, also included in An Enduring Legacy, Women Painters of Washington 1930-2005, Washington En Plein Air Volume 1 2009-2010, Best Of America Pastel Artists Volume 11 2009 Kennedy Publishing, Celebrate The Key Peninsula 2009, in the Daniel Smith Reference Catalogue 2005-06, Art Access Magazine Jul-Sept 2010 & Jul-Sept 2011, and Montana Sketchbook published by Montana Institute of the Arts 1989.
With signature status in both the Pastel Society of America and the Northwest Pastel Society, she is also a member of Peninsula Art League, Plein Air Painters of Washington, and an elected member of Women Painters of Washington. Exhibiting regionally, nationally and internationally has won her many honors and over 35 awards including four Best of Show Awards, the most recent at the Northwest Pastel Society Open International Exhibit. Gallery representation includes the Women Painters of WA Gallery at the Columbia Center, Seattle, WA, the Sidney Gallery in Port Orchard, WA, The Lakewood Gallery in Lakewood, WA, and The Dana Gallery in Missoula, MT.
“It intrigues me how light elevates a commonplace landscape to an extraordinary one. I strive for my paintings to be a lyrical account of that unique fleeting moment in time. My intent is simply to convey an emotional and intuitive response to the mystery and serenity of the landscape in light and shadow. Hopefully, I compel the viewers to interpret my work from their own rich pool of memories, impressions and experiences, and in a little different way each time they encounter it.”
Print On Demand Limited Editions and Fine Art Reproductions of her pastel paintings are being produced and distributed worldwide by Grand Image of Seattle, www.grandimage.com. Fine Art Reproductions have also been produced and distributed worldwide by Winn Devon Art Group of Seattle. They are available from their catalogs, at frame shops, poster shops and galleries or directly from the artist. Her reproductions have been featured at Art Expo, ABC Atlanta and other worldwide trade shows, and in trade publications such as Decor Magazine. Open edition prints of her pastel paintings are also marketed on the Larson Juhl Frame Co. website, www.artaissance.com.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS include
Swedish Hospital, Issaquah, WA/
Fred Hutchinson Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, WA/
Tacoma Public Library, WA/
Peninsula Library, Gig Harbor, WA/
Hill County Library, Havre, Montana/
McFarland Cascade, Fife, WA/
Ursaline Academy, Great Falls, MT/
William Beaumont Hospital, Troy, Michigan
