Patricia Chidlaw

Patricia Chidlaw is endlessly attracted to light: to the changing light of morning and evening, to shadows at play over Los Angeles, to the subtle shades of the color in the sky and clouds. While natural light is omnipresent in her work, Chidlaw is deeply drawn to the concrete and steel of the constructed world. The interaction of the natural and human-made is at the core of Chidlaw's work: power-lines, painted out graffiti, shadows of palm trees, and angles of architecture come together in the compositions in her distinctive portrait of Los Angeles.