Patricia L. Caulfield 2025

Patricia L. Caulfield

March 10-May 17, 2025

Meet the Artist event Friday, March 21 from 5-6pm at the Out Door Country Club

Artwork on display at 1157 Detwiler Drive York, PA 

A visually impaired abstract artist, Patricia works primarily in mixed media on cradleboard including acrylic paint, vine charcoal, conté crayon, pencil, collage, sanding and distressing. Clouds have always been a source of inspiration for Patricia. By constantly studying form, movement and light, Patricia creates atmospheric paintings - land and seascapes - without using photographic reference. Drawing from the motivational power of nature, her vision of depth and space is brought to the forefront.  

Moving from realistic painting to abstract due to vision loss from glaucoma, Patricia sees her role as an artist in a new way. Her work is a product of her own thinking, her soul, her heart. It is an authentic expression of a created world that you can see and experience. It is intangible. It is abstract. 

Since her vision loss, Patricia has become a patient advocate and volunteer with a number of organizations. She instituted an art show and silent auction for the Glaucoma Research Foundation held in San Francisco, CA, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. She curates art from visually impaired artists from around the world including their bios and journey with vision loss. In June 2022 Patricia was the keynote speaker at the Glaucoma Research Foundation's Patient Summit in Oak Brook IL. In 2024, Patricia was the recipient of the President's Award by the Glaucoma Research Foundation as founder of the art show and silent auction for visually impaired artists which has become a yearly event. She was also the patient speaker at the 2023 and 2024 annual gala in San Francisco. In 2024 she was part of a panel as a patient advocate for the annual Patient Summit held in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Patricia is a member of the steering committee for the Glaucoma Research Foundation Patient Summit, held in June 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas. 

In addition to her volunteer work for GRF, Patricia has recently been involved with The Glaucoma Foundation in NYC. She was the keynote speaker for their annual autumn social in NYC in October 2024, and is part of the Think Tank Summit to be held in NYC June 2025.

Patricia also lectures to students at the Boston University in the biomedical neuroscience graduate studies program on glaucoma, vision loss and the connection to the artist, 2022, 2023, 2024. Locally she is a member of Creative York and the York Art Association. Patricia has four large scale cloudscapes in the permanent collection at the Wellspan York Cancer Center, York PA. She is a visiting artist at the Red Raven Art Company in Lancaster, PA. A member of creative York and the York art Association in York, Pennsylvania, Patricia also shows and sells her at the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital art show and sale in Malvern PA. 

Just this year, Patricia has trained her canine companion, Millie, to become a therapy dog, and she regularly visits patients in rehabilitation centers locally. She and Millie visit elementary schools where children in the classroom read books to Millie. Fostering education and creating awareness for glaucoma, as well as other eye diseases has become a passion for Patricia. She continues to give back with her volunteer efforts locally and across the country.

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