PATRICK DENGATE
Paintings & Woodcuts

I was born in 1960 and live in southeast Michigan. In college, I first studied biology, then
switched to a study of art. In 1984 I earned a BFA from Wayne State University in Detroit. For several years I worked in a realist style, but looking for new creative challenges in 2010, I began
an exploration of less representational modes of visual expression.

I call this work cubist, in that it's composed of intersecting geometric shapes which
describe planes and forms. These forms result in abstracted, yet recognizable, images. The Cubist movement, as first developed in Europe by Georges Braque, Juan Gris, and Pablo Picasso, lasted but a relatively short time in the early 20th Century. It had, however, a profound impact on much of the art that followed, and its influence can be found in much of the imagery we see today.

I am also influenced by such movements as Fututism, Orphism, Fauvism, and Expressionism.
The works of Robert Delaunay, Lyonel Feininger, Erich Heckel, Franz Marc, and
Heinrich Campendock serve as inspirations.