Selected Exhibitions
2012 Elizabeth Patterson: Imagining the Rain, Galerie Louis Carre', Paris, France

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Imagining The Rain
2011  

Influential Element: Exploring the Impact of Water, Long Beach Museum of Art

2011   Splash, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, Presented by the Fine Art Dealers Association
2010 Colored Pencil Society of America - 18th International Juried Exhibition, Loa Gatos, CA
2010 Chasing the Rain - Drawings by Elizabeth Patterson, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
2010 Los Angeles Art Show, Presented by the Fine Art Dealers Association
2009 Colored Pencil Society of America - 17th International Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2009 Colored Pencil Society of America - Explore This! 5, Online Exhibition
2008 In the Eye of the Beholder: Contemporary Drawings, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
2008 Colored Pencil Society of America - 16th International Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2007 California Open Exhibition, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Colored Pencil Society of America - 15th International Juried Exhibition, Bethesda, MD
2007 Colored Pencil Society of America - Explore This! 4, Brea, CA
2007 Beyond Expectation: A Showcase Exhibition of Seven Master Colored Pencil Artists, Burbank, CA
2006 Colored Pencil Society of America - 14th International Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
2006 CPSA Signature Showcase, Cornell Museum of Art and History, Del Ray Beach, FL
2006 The Human Element, Dunedin Creative Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
2005 Colored Pencil Society of America - Explore This! 3, La Jolla, CA
2004 Colored Pencil Society of America - 12th International Juried Exhibition, Memphis, TN
2003 Colored Pencil Society of America - 11th International Juried Exhibition, Brea, CA
2002 Colored Pencil Society of America - 10th International Juried Exhibition, Ft. Worth, TX
2001 Colored Pencil Society of America - 9th International Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Education  
1977 BFA Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis,
MN, USA
Bibliography  
2012 Ibsen, David Allen, "Pro-Portrait: Elizabeth Patterson is Drawing a Long and Winding Road to Artistic Success",
The Five
2012 de Maulmin, Valérie, "The Les merveilleux mirages d'Elizabeth Patterson", review, Connaissance des Arts
2011 Wolf, Rachel Rubin, Strokes of Genius 3, The Best of Drawing, Fresh Perspectives, pp 2, pp18-19, Cincinnati, North Light Books
2010 Melrod, George, "Elizabeth Patterson", profile, Art ltd., September/October issue
2010 Pagel, David, "Into Life, A Little Bit of Rain Falls", review, Los Angeles Times
2010 Harnish, Tracy, "Photo Realism by Elizabeth Patterson at Louis Stern Gallery", review, Culture Mob
2010 Brumer, Andy,"Elizabeth Patterson", review, ArtScene, Volume 29, No. 11
2009 Wolf, Rachel Rubin, Strokes of Genius 2, The Best of Drawing Light and Shadow, pp 40-41, Cincinnati, North Light Books
2008 Bradner, Liesl, "Canvas of Glass",review, Los Angeles Times
2007 Perricelli, Lynne Moss, "WATER: An Elemental Subject; Three artists explore both the physical properties and the symbolic power of water", American Artist Drawing Magazine
2005 McCarthy, Michelle, "Drawing on passion: Artist Elizabeth Patterson defies injury and the odds to triumph", The Advocate, June
2005 Mitchell, Mark, "Colored Pencil Comes of Age", American Artist Drawing Magazine, Winter