Patty McGehee's Petitie Atelier

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

"Mo Mo Baton Lotus"

Screen print

Detail and progress of "Succulent"

Monday, February 13, 2023

I saw a meme today that really made me think :

There are three kinds of people  you meet in life:

1) Those that help you and hold you up during  difficult times-

2) Those that abandon and distance you during during difficult times-

3) Those that cause you to have difficult times.

Number 1- I was soul searching and I am pretty good at being the kind of person that holds up others.  

For number 2 - I only abandon others during difficult times if they are hurting me with their issues. This is usually in the form of distancing. I don't like drama. In fact, if  someone treats me badly, usually allow them to treat me pretty bad, but then I and move on without confronting them. 

As for situation 3 - as far as I can recall, I have never intentionally caused anyone to have a difficult time. I have been accused several times of doing things I did not actually do. It was very hurtful. 

I hope I am being honest with myself. Self assessment is always good for mental health  only if you are honest with yourself. 

I used to make  screen print art pieces about my ordeal of going though an Eastern Equine Encephalitis infection, which caused me to lie in bed soul searching for 18 months back in 1999. Last month, I removed all art about that ordeal from my house except one piece I have over my china cabinet. I am thinking about putting it up, too. I need to move on away from it because I let it take over my emotional life way too long. GOODBYE EEE!

EEE art: 

The nine square is at The Tangipahoa Parish Mosquito Abatement office in Hammond La.   

The mosquito was printed on acetate and cut out and handed by hundreds as favors at my art show "Of Clay and Print"  2003 Hammond Regional Arts Center, Hammond, Louisiana. 

The third, part of an installation piece at the show "Of Clay and Print" 2003,  was dismantled by me as a mental exercise of letting go. It was huge and this photo does not show how big it really was.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

uesday, January 17, 2023

I am pleased to announce my work was accepted and juried into the Surreal Salon 15 Exhibition at Baton Rouge Gallery of Contemporary Art. The exhibition, held in partnership with the LSU School of Art, shares the work of dozens of artists each year from across the globe, this year featuring 62 artists, representing 21 states, and 9 different countries. All works featured were selected via a blind jurying process by Special Guest Juror Marco Mazzoni. On Saturday January 21st, 2023 there will be a big Soiree at the Gallery with music, drinks, and awards. Tickets are on sale for this event, but the gallery is free to visit until Jan. 26th, 2023. On view at BRG January 3 – 26, 2023.

This is a limited edition silk screen print named "Ex Votos to Saint Roch I"

It features the half tone method and is printed on Stonehenge papers with navy blue archival ink.

Friday, July 13, 2018

All about the Artist: Patty McGeheee

Patricia F. “Patty” McGehee

Patty attended Louisiana State University where she studied

painting and Lithography. Her concentration of study

was focused on drawing and Printmaking.

She continued her education earning a Bachelor of

Science in Education at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Patty retired from teaching in public schools in 2016.

Today, she is focused on making hand colored limited edition

Intaglio prints, Serigraphs, and Monotypes in her tiny studio

at her home in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. She has affectionately

named her studio "The Petite Atelier."

After gaining certification, she taught Visual Arts and Science courses for 26 years in public schools. In 1999, she began teaching workshops in a variety of Art techniques. She created and directed a multi–faceted children’s day camp named Camp Tangipawawa. Funded by the Citizens for a Clean Tangipahoa (CFACT), this camp focused on teaching children about pollution in the Tangipahoa River by integrating Art into lessons about Science. She also taught adult and children's Art Camps at Hammond Regional Arts Center, River Region Art Association, and Hammond Cultural Foundation. She has demonstrated printmaking several times during the “Art On The Front Porch” series at River Region Art Gallery and at Hammond Regional Arts Center.

Her previous exhibitions and involvement in the Arts have been:
Twenty six consecutive years in Hammond Art Guild's Spring Show, with winning ribbons in Third place and many honorable mentions. Artist in Residence, Hammond Regional Arts Center, Spring, 2019.

Kako Gallery NOLA

River Region Art Gallery in Sorrento, Louisiana

Louisiana Pottery Gallery, Sorrento, La.

"Art on the Front Porch" artist demo-printmaking, March, 2002, Acadian Village, Sorrento La.

"Doin' Downtown, at Bridal Showcase," Hammond Jr. High students Of Mrs. Patty McGehee,
    "Learning Science Through Art," April 2002.

The Community Artist Roster show at the Firehouse Gallery (ACG Baton Rouge,) June, 2002

Facilitator at Kids art station, Ponchatoula's "Strawberry Jam and Toast to the Arts, 2002, and 2003.

“Of Clay and Print” at Hammond Regional Arts Center, July, 2003

"Printmaking Exhibition," juried show at Chicago’s Restaurant, Baton Rouge, Jan. 2004

The First LPB invitational Art Auction, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004 (also yearly until present)

Guaranty Gallery "Artist of the Month," invitational, in Hammond, Louisiana. March 2004

Featured Artist, I-55 Services, "Art and All That Jazz" community Event Oct. 2004, Hammond, La.

NAEA's "Artists as Educators," 2007 (invitational) at Hammond Regional Arts center, Hammond, La.

"A Piece of Louisiana, " Aug. 2013, Tangipahpa Parish Tourist Commission, Hammond, Louisiana

Featured artist "The One "O" Six Gallery," during the P3 + exhibition, Hammond, La. Nov., 2014

"Contemporary Print, An Interpretational Survey of Printmaking," juried, 2016 Firehouse Gallery
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, La.

"Ponchatoula, Art and Wine Stroll," invitational at Roussel's, Sept. 2016, and 2017.

"Screen Printing demonstration, Hammond Regional Art Center, Art Talk Series, " Fall, 2017

"And Now for Something New," juried, LeMieux Gallery, Aug.2018, White Linen Night, NOLA

"Hammond Art Guild At Oak Knoll Country Club Gallery, 2018

"Ponchatoula, Art and Wine Stroll, invitational at Fleur De Lis, Sept. 2018.

"Arts in Medicine," Bluebonnet Cafe' Gallery, juried, Baton Rouge General Hospital, Sept., 2018

"Arts in Medicine," Bluebonnet Cafe' Gallery, juried, Baton Rouge General Hospital, January 2019

Hammond Art Guild's 57th Spring show at Hammond Regional Arts Center

Artist in Residence, Hammond Regional Arts center, April 2019

Surreal Salon 15, January 2023, Baton Rouge Gallery of Contemporary Art, juried by Marco Mazzoni

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Artist statement

Patty McGehee - artist statement

Nature has imagery that repeats again and again. For instance, each leaf on a Maple tree is alike, but again, each leaf has qualities of individuality. Much like nature, my work is involved in repetition of images. Working with my original photographs, I like to show a sense of place and culture of a given location. I simplify the images, manipulate them and create original hand pulled prints. I love mixing photography and drawing to create new imagery while evoking the aura of a certain place.

Printmaking affords the artist with the ability to explore images and the minute subtleties that arise with each print. As a print rolls off the press or from under a screen, the untrained eye sees each print alike, but to the trained printmaker, each print has unique details. I have learned to accept that each individual print has a life of its’ own with its own subtleties. Sometimes I apply color by hand which extends the unique layer that the printing process begins. The wiping of a plate may alter the tonality of the ink. The paper may have inconsistencies. A screen may be accidentally displaced by a micron. Blended ink may suddenly separate unexpectedly.

It is the journey through the process and the execution of the details that interest me. Standing over a table of 30 prints, each alike, yet different, evokes a feeling of connection to the ethereal. I can compare the emotion to what I feel when viewing leaves on a tree, shells of the Rangia clam on a beach of Lake Pontchatrain, or flowers on an Azalea bush. All are alike, but each has its’ own space in the world. My wish is that the final products are like viewing a decorated cake: all of the mixing, baking, and heat of the oven is forgotten and what is left is sweet mystique.