Patty deGrandpre is an abstract mixed media artist with a love of printmaking. Utilizing digital inkjet transfer in conjunction with traditional mono printing techniques, deGrandpre produces one of a kind prints. She received her BFA in Visual Design at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 1987. Immediately after college, she worked for a typesetting company for many years as well as a freelance collage illustrator.  She has participated in many shows both juried and invitational at local, regional, national, as well as international levels.  DeGrandpre has had three Solo exhibitions, including “Broken Television” at Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Ma. in 2019.  She has received multiple awards over the years in both Fine Art and Printmaking including but not limited to Best in Show, 17th Annual Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, 2014,  Juror’s Choice Award, Cambridge Art Association, Red Biennial, 2016,  Best in Show in Printmaking, Newburyport Art Association Winter Members Juried Show, 2017, and Art in Print’s “Prix de Print” in 2019.  DeGrandpre has been featured in various publications including Artscope, Art in Print, and The Hand Magazine. DeGrandpre has work in multiple private collections including but not limited to Bradbury Art Museum, Fowler Center, Arkansas State University and Louis Vuitton, retail store, Natick Ma. She is currently a Core Artist Member at Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, Ma. She works out of her home studio in Beverly Massachusetts. Her next exhibition is planned for 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts

Artist Statement:

My work evolves from photos of common objects and scenes from my everyday life and experiences. Objects familiar to most are digitally manipulated and presented in a unique context. As a two time cancer survivor, my impulse to document and catalog both past and current events is strong. The act of organizing my imagery serves not only as a tool for my art making but a way for me to recall and remember moments in my life. Utilizing my inkjet printer, my life spills onto the media as I layer the cropped and deconstructed digital fragments of my story within applications of inkjet, block printing ink and other materials. As I blend abstraction with reality, it is important for me to anchor each work with a recognizable image that suggests a narrative. A common identifiable object becomes the catalyst as it morphs from an expected pictorial to an unexpected abstraction. I make sense of the subjective through thoughtful  use of structure, form, and color.

Affiliations:

Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Core Artist 

Cambridge Art Association, Artist 

White Columns, New York, New York, Artist registry