Patricia's large work, "Planet Pelican", won the Blue Ribbon for Best Use of Color at the
Mancuso Show Management Florida competition at the West Palm Beach Convention Center.
Judges Pepper Cory and Robbi Joy Eklow "loved the humor in this piece".
"Planet Pelican" measures 40" x 100" and is Patricia's interpretation of how the brown pelican sees himself and his environment.
See the photo below!
Mud Cookies"
28 x 54 $750
"Planet Pelican" 40" x 100"
Blue Ribbon for Best Use of Color
Mancuso Show Management, West Palm Beach, Florida November 2009
$2900
Patricia received an Honorable Mention ribbon for her large piece "Purplegator" at the
Visual Art Center's Summer Sizzler exhibit (Punta Gorda, 210 Maud Street) which runs through August 10.
Her exhibit at the Mid County Library (Pt Charlotte, Forrest Nelson Blvd) continues through August 31st.
An article about the exhibit along with an artist interview and profile
will appear in this month's Charlotte Herald Sun newspaper.
Patricia was juried into the national exhibit PNQE XVII to be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo center in Oaks, PA
September 16 through 19 with her pieces "Ghost Towers of Tuscany" and "My Frozen Ficus Tree."
Also coming this October 29 (thru Dec 2nd) is a landscapes exhibit which she and two area painters will hang in the Goff Gallery
of the Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center.
June and July 2010 News
Patricia has been awarded the Merit Ribbon at an Awards Reception for the Visual Arts Center's
"Firecracker" exhibit. Her abstract piece is inspired by Beethoven's third symphony and the
composer's conflicted views of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution. "Symphony
Number Three" will be on display until July 9th; 210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL.
Patricia and her SAQA Representatives, Mary McBride and Lisa Gorski,
will host a Florida membership meeting at the Mid County Library July 16th at 2:00 pm.
If you would like to attend, please e-mail for more information to
patriciaandersonturner@yahoo.com
Patricia will have her work displayed at the library from July 1 to August 30th.
"I will also have my work at the Charlevoix Circle of Arts in Charlevoix, MI from July 16 through September 19
at an invitational exhibit "One of a Kind". There will be many receptions and lectures at this venue so,
if you are in the area, be sure to attend this exciting event" patricia turner
April and May 2010 News
Patricia has been selected as Charlotte County's May 2010 Artist of the Month
and will be honored with a proclamation at the next meeting in the Charlotte
County Administration Building in Murdock, FL on May 11th at 9:00 am. Public invited!
There is an article in a Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte newspaper about Patricia and her art.
http://charlotte.floridaweekly.com/news/2010-05-13/Arts_%28and%29_Entertainment_News/Turner_named_AH_Artist_of_the_month.html
"Beginning May 1st, I will have 15 to 20 pieces exhibited at our Charlotte Community Foundation located
across from the Punta Gorda Isles Yacht Club at 1675 West Marion Blvd. www.charlottecommunityfoundation.org
patricia
You can see Patricia's work at the Punta Gorda Visual Art Center's Prima Vera exhibit until April 30.
She also has many pieces for sale in the Visual Art Center Gift Shop. The Visual Arts Center is located just across the street
from Fisherman's Village as is open Monday through Saturday 9am to 4 pm. www.visualartcenter.org
March 2010 News
"Mud Cookies" (pictured below) is featured in an invitational exhibit in the Rose Room Gallery of the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach March 8
through April 30, 2010. The exhibit "Cacophony of Fiber", curated by Mary McBride, includes work from 26 international artists.
"The circles in 'Mud Cookies' may remind one of musical notes floating down the work but their playful image belies the story behind Patricia Anderson Turner's
award winning fiber art piece depicting a poor Haitian woman mixing dirt and clay with salt and shortening to make a food staple called "mud cookies".
Many pregnant women in Haiti have relied on these for daily sustenance.
The work is based on photos by Turner's friend Ariana Cubillos taken before the earthquake.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/30/world/main3768430.shtml
The Daytona Beach News
Two photos of "Hot and Exhausted", with accompanying artist description, are featured in the March 2010 issue of the national magazine Machine Quilters
Unlimited , (MQU). See photos of this piece under the "Commentary" tab. MQU is a wonderful resource for all professional fiber artists.
"I am delighted to have been selected by the Art in Public Places (AIPP) of Charlotte County to display my work in four solo exhibitions over the next two years.
Each exhibit will last two months. The first is at our charitable endowment gem, the Charlotte Community Foundation in Punta Gorda, FL, this May and June 2010.
The second will be at the showcase exhibit lobby of the Charlotte Technical School in Pt Charlotte, FL July and August, 2010.
Two additional shows, scheduled for 2011, will be at the E. Jones Investment Group in Burnt Store and at Lexington in Pt Charlotte.
Patricia Turner
February 2010 News:
"Ghost Towers of Tuscany" was awarded the Judge's Choice Ribbon by international fiber artist Christine Porter at the Mancuso Show Management
(M-AQF XXI) show at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in the Greater Chesapeake Bay Area. This show continues until February 28, 2010.
"Ghost Towers of Tuscany" is pictured below.
