BIO

Patrick E. began his career as an artist in 1995 when he moved from Chicago to California and caught on with the Benicia-based art furniture company, Mosaix. He began with welding accent tables and mosaicing the tops with stained glass, ceramic tile and metal.

During this apprenticeship, he was able to aquire a cache of skills that prepared him for fabrication well beyond furniture. Four legs on the ground seemed two too few, so it wasn't long before the tables transmogrified into insects, and Patrick E.'s first truly inspired work began to emerge.

The Ladybug was the initial entry into the public sphere, after which, he's been working steadily through the Petersen's Field Guide, increasing the scale, the detail, and the character with each new chapter. Of course, he has taken many opportunities to segue from the bugs in order to develop his craft and explore the potential of welding sculpture.

The sea-life series, the spacecrafts, and all the various critters attest to Patrick E.'s curiosity and essential motivation, which is, to "bring into this world that which I cannot find and that which I would like to have for myself."