Patrick Cordingley
Patrick Cordingley moved from Gauteng to the Western Cape in 2000. This most beautiful part of South Africa, allows his emotive spirit to contend with rigors of explosive colours he sees in his environment. How to cope with turquoise, mauve, orange, red, green, yellow, indigo and all other brilliants, worked into a landscape, still life or portrait, is Patrick's forte. His artistic strength lies in the ability to fuse vibrant colours into a coherent and pleasing image.
He is an intense person, and the small things in life are very important to him. For him there is no short cut to an objective, almost a Victorian attitude in contrast to his background. He is of Croatian descent, his parents immigrating to South Africa after the Second World War.
The influence of Van Gogh and Gauglin in his art is far more pertinent than meets the eye. Patrick feels that one must have suffered poverty and deprivation, to reduce one's soul to the basics and bare essentials of life, in the quest for creativity. The experience of, and confrontation with these elements, leads to his clear, clean and "down to earth" depiction of the colourful landscapes, seascapes, architecture and people of South Africa.
Since his first exhibition in Johannesburg in 1993, he had many other solo and joint exhibitions, and his work has become highly sought after by private and corporate clients.
