Patricia hopes to share with her viewer her fascination with life through the exciting mediums of watercolor, oil and mixed media. Always developing and exploring, her style includes impressionism and realism, chosen to suit the subject – landscapes, seascapes, florals, historic buildings, children at play and scenes from her travels.
A native Californian, she was trained at Hartnell College. Art Dept. head, Leon Amyx, was Akay’s first mentor. He introduced her to the past great artists like Cezanne, watercolor on location, figure drawing, & still-life drawing. Akay chose California College of the Arts in Oakland for its program in Fine Arts, and Art Education. Upon Graduation, Akay became the Art Dept Head of Hoover Jr. High for the following year.
One-person shows of her work were scheduled for Akay, and juried art shows were entered with many awards received (the most fun award being a year scholarship to The Academy of Art in S.F.) At this time, Akay opened a successful art gallery aptly named “the Gallery” in Burlingame. Teaching watercolor to adults, thru the Burlingame Recreation Center, was her next career move. Then she retired from teaching, in order to concentrate on painting.
Always an admirer of past artists, and the timelessness of Europe, Akay’s travels painted), Italy, England and Turkey. In between trips, Akay has the pleasure of painting in the Wine Country in its ever-changing seasons.
Painting now in oil as well as watercolor Akay finds that subject tells her which medium to use. Her favorite local scenes include historical buildings and the many views of open space as well as the vineyards and the field workers. In the studio, her large watercolors of a still -life (often floral) combined with a “view out the window” have been her latest focus.
