Harry Pattison

Born 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, son of Abbott Pattison, American sculptor and painter (1916-1999, abbottpattison.com). Attended Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine.

Commissions, Collections, & Exhibitions

Public Commissions  

Harry Pattison was commissioned by The Nature Conservancy from 1973 through 1985 to paint a series of landscape paintings on their publicly and privately owned lands throughout the United States. These preserves were established to protect endangered flora and fauna, and to preserve those environments of pristine ecosystems which have essentially remained unchanged since before the European discovery of the Americas.

Selected Public Collections

The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington (1999); Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine (1990); Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington (1989); Nordstrom Corporation, Seattle, Washington (1989); Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana (1984); Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire (1982); Valley Distributors, Oakland, Maine (1981); Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (1978);  United States State Department, Washington, D.C. (1978); Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Chicago, Illinois (1977); The Harris Bank, Chicago, Illinois (1977);United States Embassy, Dublin, Ireland (1976); United States Embassy, Moscow, Russia (1976); International Business Machines, New York City, New York (1976); Colby College, Waterville, Maine (1975).

Selected Group Exhibitions 

Midtown-Payson Galleries, Inc., Hobe Sound, Florida (2010); "Painters of Maine", Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine (1996); "Flowers", John Ames Gallery, Belfast, Maine (1987); "Western Places Exhibition", Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, Montana (1987); "Flora '86", Chicago Botanical Gardens, Chicago, Illinois (1986); "Group Show", Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1986); "Group Show", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (1985); "Group show", Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand (1885); "Desert Paintings of New Mexico", William Van Straaton Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (1978); "76th Annual Exhibition of Artists", Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois (1977); "Group Show", Sena Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1976); "Drawing Show Invitational", Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (1975).

Selected One-Man Exhibitions

"Landscapes of the Maine Coast", Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine (2001); "Beyond the Garden", Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington (1997); "Across the Bay", Between the Muse Gallery, Rockland, Maine (1997); "Realism Painters of Maine", John Ames Gallery, Belfast, Maine (1995); "The San Juan Islands", Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington (1994); "Voices of the Ancestors", Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington (1989); "Landscapes and Drawings", Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, Washington (1986); "New England Coastal Landscapes", Francesca Anderson Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (1985); "Landscapes of the Maine Coast". Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine (1984); "Landscapes" David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Illinois (1984); "Landscapes and Cityscapes", University Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1981); "The Shorlines of Cape Cod", Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1978); "Landscapes", Allstate Insurance Company Headquarters, Northbrook, Illinois (1979); "Recent Paintings", The State Library of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois (1977); "Recent Work", Barclay's Bank International, Chicago, Illinois (1976); "Recent Work", University of New Mexico Art Musem, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1976); "Landscapes", Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (1975).