Patrick Dragon
Since 1987, Patrick Dragon has run the Dragon Clay Studio in Orlando, Florida. From 1975 until 1987, he taught art at Durrance Elementary School in Orlando. His work is in the permanent collections of the City of Orlando, Walt Disney World, the Florida Power Company and the Steelcase Furniture Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dragon has exhibited his work at the Grohe Glass Gallery in Boston, the Atlas Gallery in Chicago, and at the Tokyo Crafts Exhibition.
Artist's Statement
In my pieces I deal with "surfaces below surfaces," which provides an ambiguous account of the nature of things.
For the White House vessel, I wanted to create the illusion of space and a feeling of movement and energy.
The motifs and bold color relationships are based on the random relationships found in the landscape and the patterns that I sense on the surface of this earth.
Thus, I am trying to create an intimate reflection of this world.
