Patsy Renz
patsy.renz@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gxou/

Biographical Summary

Date of Birth:  
June 7, 1943

Place of Birth:  
Beach, North Dakota

Education:
One room school house
(Eight years)
Westerheim School

Small high school
(class of 12)
Sentinel Butte, North Dakota

Went to work as an office administrator right out of High School.  Also worked as a photo colorist.

She spent many years helping her husband on the farm, raising cattle and grain until they retired and moved to Florida.

For several years she worked at the local high school as the librarian then drove a school bus.

After that, it was the job as Office Automation Clerk at Long Lake National
Wildlife Refuge
until retirement.

Patsy is a member of:

Tarpon Springs Art Association

International Society of
Acrylic Painters

Palm Harbor Art Club

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Patsy Renz grew up on a ranch in the Badlands of North Dakota.  She has been drawing since she could hold a pencil.  Renz was motivated at age six to pursue her artistic talents when she overheard praise of a neighboring child's drawing and thought, "She's not that good.  I'll show them I can be better."

A self-taught artist, Patsy's favorite subjects are wild animals.  Not one to "follow the rules" of "proper" drawing and painting, Renz spent many youthful hours watching animals to see how their muscles moved and how light changed as the animals moved.  Always an artist, she is constantly observing the elements of lighting and color in every scene.  Her paintings and drawings are very realistic as she spends hours researching a subject before she even starts her sketches.

She married a farmer and lived in the Prairie Pothole region of North Dakota.  For the last 12 years before retiring and moving to Florida, she worked for a National Wildlife Refuge.  While working at Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Patsy began drawing birds for their publications and as a way to learn to identify birds on the refuge.

Patsy has been painting for about forty years, and has done illustrations for several web sites and publications and has won numerous awards at art shows.  She has sold her artwork in several states.

Like most artists, Patsy likes to paint the things she sees around her.  That's why you see North Dakota paintings in her collection.  Since being in Florida, she has started to paint what she sees in nature here.  Now you will see more of a Florida influence in her work and less of North Dakota.