Woman in Bloom - Figurative Nude Study Oil on Canvas by Patricia Gren Hayes

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Woman in Bloom - Figurative Nude Study Oil on Canvas

A nude woman, seemingly pregnant, sits reclined in a chair … Read more Woman in Bloom - Figurative Nude Study Oil on Canvas

A nude woman, seemingly pregnant, sits reclined in a chair with her hands at the base of her belly holding a flower. This striking painting by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), is executed in a primary color palate of bright red, yellow, and blue, with softer pink and peach hues.
Unsigned.
Purchased with other signed paintings from the estate of Patricia Gren Hayes
Canvas size: 29"H x 29"W.

Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.

She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;

She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.

She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.

Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979

Group Exhibitions:
Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito Art Association, 1979;
Delta Art Annual, 1986;
San Francisco Woman's Gallery, 1976-1982;
Stanton Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982;
2nd Annual Bay Area Women's Graphic Art Competition, Los Gatos, CA, 1979 See less