Austin Art Talk

Episode 4: Patrick Puckett - Nostalgic Figures

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When I arrived at Patrick's he offered me a drink and we had a great talk while sipping Old Fashioneds and trying to keep his hound dog Boudro calm and quiet. From his childhood and college years in Mississippi, to his 6 year hiatus from painting after moving to Austin, to painting almost daily for the last 6 years, we covered a lot of ground. With his fourth show at the Wally Workman gallery open for the month of November 2017, his work is as popular as ever.



"If one really looks, you can see the time pass on the canvas— the life of this figure born there. You can feel their ups and downs and the energy it took to get them to this place."

Rachel Stephens - aether magazine



Some of the subjects we discuss:

  • Beginnings in Mississippi
  • Jim Meade at College
  • Moving to Austin
  • Starting to paint again
  • Work ethic
  • Figure painting
  • Finding subjects
  • Pre-visualizing
  • Painting process
  • Nostalgia
  • Future plans

    • Links:

    • PATRICK PUCKETT website
    • Wally Workman Gallery | Fine contemporary art gallery in Austin, Texas
    • Beer + Elvis: The Evolution of a Painting - aether magazine
    • Push and pull - American Art Collector Feb 2015
    • Patrick Puckett (@patrickpuckett) • Instagram
    • James Meade | The University of Southern Mississippi
    • Patrick's book on Blurb
    • Peter Doig - Wikipedia
    • Richard Diebenkorn - Wikipedia
    • Figure painting - Wikipedia
    • Flickr
    • Chantal Joffe - Artist's Profile - The Saatchi Gallery
    ...more
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