Neil Patterson

Neil Patterson lives in Bragg Creek AB. While running his own drafting company, his fascination for painting remained and he enrolled in the University of Calgary Fine Arts program. Disappointed with what he saw as a lack of practical instruction, Neil switched to the ceramics department. “In all my years at university. I never saw a professor use a brush.” 

A diagnosis of chronic tendonitis forced Neil to give up making pots and he decided to devote all his time to painting. “Painting is all about passion. If you respond to the passion that you have inside yourself, that’s when the real painting comes out. Selling your work is a bonus; painting itself is what really matters.”