SEQUIM — Sequim artist Priscilla Patterson is one of 36 artists whose entry was accepted into the American Society of Aviation Artists 2016 International Aerospace Art Exhibition.
The exhibit will open June 1 at the James C. Weston Gallery at the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo in Michigan.
Patterson’s watercolor painting, “Supplies for Fish Camp,” will be on display through July 25.
Her painting was selected from more than 100 entries, she said.
The painting depicts a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver on floats at the Kodiak, Alaska, floatplane dock as it is being loaded with supplies destined for one of the remote Alaska commercial fishing sites.
The single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, short takeoff and landing aircraft primarily is known as a bush plane used to make unscheduled passenger and freight services to remote, undeveloped areas that otherwise are inaccessible.
Patterson lived with her husband in Kodiak for 23 years before moving to Sequim in 2006, she said.
Patterson has been an American Society of Aviation Artists member since 1994 and holds the position of education chair.
Members of the society are selected by a group of their peers on the basis of their abilities and experience.
The society was formed in 1986 to bring together artists who are acknowledged leaders in the field for the purpose of recognizing and promoting interest in aviation art, according to a news release.
Membership currently numbers more than 200 artists and associate members.
For more information, visit www.PriscillaMessnerPatterson.com.
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