artist statement

My original works are NOT digital and NOT done in Photoshop! The work consists of hundreds of different individual photos carefully placed together to make one single image. I scout potential locations without shooting, then I think about and plan how a work, which may encompass as much as a 360 Degree panorama, will translate into my vision. The camera has only one eye so I shoot hundreds of photographs keeping in mind how one sees. I try to keep everything in focus, front to back and side to side. The piece will be mostly in focus everywhere as if the camera had two eyes. I consider how the weather may influence the piece. I go to the location and wait, often from dawn to dusk, for the right conditions. Sometimes it all works out, sometimes it doesn’t. If not, I come back again. After I shoot, the difficult process of putting the piece together begins. Sometimes it takes years before I feel the piece is right.

"Some (artists) inspire us through their relentless pursuit of perfection in their craft such as the painstaking photographic process of Patrick Walsh." - Dr. Sam Watson, Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin.

Camera USA: National Photography Award - 2014 / 2016 / 2018

Represented By:

AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY

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