Patricia Shell
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"Simple Life"
Oil on Canvas
8"X10"
2019
Patricia Shell also known as Pat, Mom or "Nana" is the owner and creator of Creations by Pat. She is a Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Auntie, Friend and an Artist.
She is the daughter of David Matthew and Willie Mae Shell, the matriarch of the Shell family and is the oldest of 12 children. She often saw her siblings drawing and singing growing up. She admired their artistic talents but never knew she had any of her own until she turned 74 in 2018.
"I always had an appreciation for artwork because all my brothers could draw very good and I didn't know until I got grown that they had got it from mother...to start something at 75 like that is amazing" - Nana
She first began with creating ceramics, at her senior center but the moment her brush touched a canvas, she couldn't put it down. Some of her favorite things to paint are abstract portraits, still life and vibrant landscapes.
If you ask her, she won't call herself an artist, she's simply doing what she loves. "You're never too old to learn something new". -Patricia Shell, 76. July 22,1944