CHARLES PATRICK | Cos Cob, CTCharles Patrick (b. 1970) is best known for his intricately cut paper butterflies, suspended likemuseum specimens on individual entomology pins and clustered together to form icons, logos,and symbols against the backdrop of pristine canvases. Living in a world between the paperand digital ages, these works conjure feelings of nostalgia for the tactility of paper, created from vintage comic books, children’s books, currency, maps, and other obsolete ephemera. This stands in jarring contrast to the clean, pixelated designs that the butterflies form whichexchange individual emotion for the universal immediacy of today’s contemporary visuallanguage. Targets, hearts, ohms, and stars pop from the canvas in three-dimensions- a freshdeparture from the flat screens that are the norm today. With a background in vintage poster restoration, illustration, and printmaking, Charles Patrickcombines his love of paper, art history, and design to create works that are both strikinglybeautiful and poignantly thought-provoking. Charles Patrick’s work is held in notable private and corporate collections across North America,Europe, and the Middle East. Patrick’s work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairsworldwide. He currently lives in works between Cos Cob, Connecticut and Nantucket,Massachusetts.