Pat Service
Pat Service is one of Canada’s most unique contemporary landscape painters. Her career spans almost five decades and includes over fifty solo shows. She is known for her large-scale, minimalistic canvases, which employ vibrant planes of colour, punctuated by familiar landscape motifs. Composed elements create enchanting, atmospheric scenes which capture the essence of a place. Pat Service was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia and has lived in Eastern Canada, Scotland and Venezuala,. She studied at the Glasgow School of Arts, Scotland and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of BC. In the 1980s-1990s she participated in various Emma Lake Artist workshops. She has exhibited widely across North America, Asia and Europe and is included in a number of private, public and corporate art collections. Pat Service currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC.
Lake Playful, 2005 acrylic on canvas 36” x 66”
Double Bubble, 2007 acrylic on canvas 69” x 64”
Torrid, 2007 Acrylic on canvas 56” x 42”
Lake Academy, 2006 Acrylic on canvas 47.5” x 47.5”
Lowry Style, 2013 acrylic on canvas 24” x 30”
Peach Square, 2007 acrylic on canvas 48” x 48”
Layers I, 2015 acrylic on canvas 36” x 48”
Layers II, 2016 acrylic on canvas 36” x 48”
Turquoise Square, 2007 acrylic on canvas 46” x 46”
Edges, 2013 acrylic on canvas 22” x 66”
Eagle Perch, 2016 acrylic on canvas 30” x 75”