What a wonderful find! An unheralded and untrained artist with innate talent, guts and sincerity is discovered, and you can see his paintings and sculptures at Tacoma Art Supply. Don't miss this.
Tyrone Patkoski is half Polish and half Native American. He has survived homelessness and mental illness, has never studied art and has never even been inside an art gallery; yet his two- and three-dimensional art is not only powerful and gritty, it is well-designed with a good sense of balance, rhythm and color composition. The imagery is, as should be expected with outsider art, highly personal. Even though none but the artist himself can possibly relate to all the references and hidden meanings, it is clear that these images must have deeply personal meaning to the artist. I was told there is nothing in these densely packed images that does not refer to something in his life experience, his demons or his hopes, and that he can explain it all.
Tacoma Art Supply
Through May 31, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
1552 Commerce, Tacoma, 253.444.2341
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