About The Artist

Patsie McCandless was born in New England. She holds degrees from Rosemont College, Philadelphia, and the University of RI. Self-taught in the fine arts, she is an award-winning watercolorist and paper artist. Patsie began her professional career in watercolor, painting land and seascapes from a beautiful island in Narragansett Bay, where she grew up. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, arts centers and museums in New England. During tours to the Southern Atlantic Coast, her subject matter expanded into the natural world of the vivid flora and fauna of Tropicana. Her PaperSolo art became her preferred medium, and her success in this genre soon followed in exhibits along the east and west coasts of Florida. PaperSolo art has since been included in juried shows, galleries and museums in New York City (Salmagundi Art Club, Audubon Artists) Springfield, IL (Dard Hunter Society) Washington, DC (Miniature Painters,Sculptors & Gravers Society) Nags Head, NC (International Miniature Art, Seaside Art Gallery)) Ajijic, Mexico (Diane Pearl Gallery; Gallery West), St. Petersburg, FL (Museum of Fine Arts Gift Gallery) as well as Solo and Group Shows in New England and Florida. PaperSolo art is in public and private collections across the country and abroad. Patsie also lectures for museums and fine arts centers on ‘The Magic of Paper”, sharing her deep appreciation and knowledge of the papers with which she creates her PaperSolo art. McCandless has made a move from Florida to Pennsylvania, where she maintains her studio - filled with the inspiring, exquisite papers in which she creates her PaperSolo art.