Patsy Fleming

is both a figurative and an abstract painter. Her figurative work is abstract; her abstract work can be figurative. She uses dramatic combinations of vibrant color and elegant line to create expressive abstract and figurative forms. The exceptional quality of her work intensifies its beauty. She has been critically described as “someone to watch” who “hits the mark with astonishing results and always with skill and sensitivity.” About the figure, Fleming has written, “I create my figure from a model and lead it away from reality. In the model I may see a reflection of love or grief that I have known and I also impose on the figure my own history and experience.
About her abstract paintings Fleming says, “Color and line are my vehicles for the expression of memory, love, grief, imagination and a lifetime of witness. Art in a time of crisis: It seems these days we are in a continual state of crisis. I paint with energy and empathy either to escape or to modulate the reality of our lives right now. We catch a moment, catch a lifetime in paint. according to his or her own experience and thoughts.