ABOUT PATRICK
PATRICK
PATRICK WAS BORN IN CHILLIWAC IN 1955 AND MOVED TO CAMPBELL RIVER IN 1961, WHERE HE STILL RESIDES. PATRICK ( PART CREE) IS VERY MUCH INSPIRED BY HIS WIFE GEORGINA AND HER FAMILY ( SHE IS KWAK KA WAKW ) FROM ALERT BAY AND BELLA BELLA B.C.. HE INCORPORATES INTO HIS SIMPLE BUT UNIQUELY POWERFUL STYLE, ELEMENTS FROM BOTH THEIR CULTURE'S. PATRICK'S DESIGNS ARE CREATED IN ORIGINAL CANVAS'S, CARVED CEDAR PADDLES, HAND HELD DRUMS, POW WOW DRUMS, DESIGNER CLOTHING, LIMITED PRINTS, ART GREETING CARDS AND VARIOUS OTHER FORMS.
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POW WOW DRUM
IN 1994 PATRICK RECEIVED AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR HIS POW WOW DRUM " GAGGIGAY EGAY " ( CREE - FOREVER AND EVER ) IN BOTH THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL JURIED ART SHOWS. HIS DRUM WAS SELECTED FOR THE B.C FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION, THE COMMON WEALTH ART SHOW AND THE PROVINCIAL REGIONAL ART GALLERY EXHIBIT.
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POW WOW DRUM
IN 1995, ONE OF PATRICK'S DESIGNS WAS SELECTED BY THE CALGARY STAMPEDE TO BE USED ON THREE HAND MADE LEATHER JACKETS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE RODEO QUEEN AND HER TWO PRINCESSES.
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SHAPE CHANGER
LATER IN 1995 PATRICK AND SEVEN OTHER ARTISTS CAME TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER B.C. CANADA TO CREATE A DISPLAY AT THE VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS SHOW, WHERE THEY COMPETED WITH 1300 OTHER ARTISTS. PATRICK'S GROUP TOOK HOME GOLD FOR BEST DISPLAY AND SILVER FOR BEST PRODUCT.
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GOLD AWARD
ALSO IN 1995 PATRICK WAS A MEMBER AND LEAD DRUMMER FOR THE DANCE TROUP " BOX OF TREASURES" AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE OPENING ACT FOR SUSAN AGLUKART ON TWO OCCASIONS. SINCE THEN PATRICK HAS CONCENTRATED ON COMMISSIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
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DRUMMING FOR SUSAN
IN ADDITION TO PATRICK'S WORK AS AN ARTIST, HE SPENDS TIME VISITING LOCAL SCHOOLS TO SHARE HIS CULTURE AND TEACH NATIVE ART AND MUSIC AND AS WELL, IS INVOLVED WITH MANY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS.
PATRICK HAS WON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND WRITING. HE HAS HAD HIS POETRY, SHORT STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLISHED .
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PATRICK AND GEORGINA DRUMMING ON THE BEACH
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A MAN OF MANY HATS
After moving with his family to Campbell River in 1961, Patrick went to school until he passed grade 7 and then took a job logging at the age of 14. He logged up and down the coast for the next 4 yrs.
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At the age of 18, he moved to Williams Lake and went cowboying. He cowboyed for the next 5 yrs ( trapped in the winter ) until he was offered a job trapping for the government in northern Manitoba, It was a job trapping on a test range where no one had been allowed to go for years. The beaver had over run the place and were flooding all the access roads. Patrick spent the winter there.
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Patrick returned to Campbell River in the spring of 1980 and spent the next 2 yrs hand logging up the coast with a friend, they had many adventures and close calls.
In the spring of 82 Patrick was offered a job with the forest service as a fire fighter and over the next few yrs he worked his way up until he was the foreman on a first response fire fighting team. Patrick and his crew fought fires all over north America, it was a job that Patrick loved.
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Patrick fell instantly in love
In 1985 Patrick was sitting having a beer in his favorite pub, when a girl of 20 walked in and sat on the other side of the pub. Patrick fell instantly in love and said to his friend, " look, my future wife just walked in " he then walked over to her and introduced himself to her, he said, " Hi my names Patrick and I am your future husband " The girl laughed but you know, they were married 5 months later and after twenty two yrs of marriage to Georgina, Patrick is still madly in love with her.
In 1989, with a new born baby boy and a wife to look after. Patrick had a fall at work and broke his back. This was the end of his fire fighting days and the beginning of a new adventure.
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after recovering from his injury to the best he would be, Patrick realized his days of hard work were over and he would need a new career. So Patrick went back to school and over the next 2 yrs finished grade twelve and his first yr university in English and had plans to become a writer. He was offered a work experience at a local newspaper and went to work as a photographer but soon was made a graphic artist after the editor saw some of Patrick's drawings. When Patrick would do a drawing to enhance a story people would phone the news paper and ask how they could buy the original.
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Patrick had found a new career and became an artist.
Patrick has been doing art since then full time and loves it. He has won numerous awards for his art. Patrick still writes short stories and poetry and has won international juried shows in both categories as well as an international award for photography and has been published in all 3 categories.
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Patrick has been involved with many organizations over the yrs and was president of the sea and cedar festival as well as narrator and lead drummer for the box of treasures dance troupe.
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Patrick is an outdoorsman and loves to go hiking, camping, mountain climbing and canoeing.
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Patrick
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