Patrick Korch, a resident of San Diego, CA
was was born in Sweden and has traveled throughout the world.
He attended UCLA, has a BA from SDSU and has also studied at the Arts Students League of New York.
Additionally, he has been juried into:

	August 2009 - 2nd Place Winner - Oceanside City 2009 Sculpture Competition
	First place Del Mar Fair -June 2009
	Best of Show Del Mar Fair Art Competition & Show - June 2009
	First Place Ramona Art Guild 2009
	Donated Award San Diego Art Institute
	Giclee's of numerous of his works are distributed and sold widely
	Various one man shows at Lisa & Co. 1998-2006
	Group Showing at Montecito Gallery 2000-2009
	Commissioned by Bank of America to paint Laguna artworks for their corporate office
	Juried into the Richard Schmid Art Auction 2006
	Commissioned by San Diego Convention Center for various local scene paintings of San Diego 2005-2006
	Commissioned by Ty Warner CEO of "Ty" Beanie Baby to paint 12 scenes of his recently acquired San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito CA
	Commissioned by San Diego Convention Center to paint Torrey Pines Golf Course for the Buick International 2006
	Alburquerque Museum 2000-2005
	Peppertree Invitational 2005, 2006, 2007
	Published in Southwest Art Magazine OPA May 2004
	Oil Painters of America National Competition
	Masters of International Fine Art
	Arts for the Parks where he qualified for the "Top 50"
	The Sears Invitational Art Show in Eccles Art Gallery at Dixie State College 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011
	Florida National Competition
	Exclusive invitation to the San Juan Capistrano show "Our Land, Our People, Our Mission" September 12 through October 6, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
	San Juan Capistrano Mission "Paint Out Invitational" July 2005
	La Quinta Art Festival November 2004

Patrick's award winning work has been published
by Harper and Row and others.
His works are in numerous private and corporate collections.
He is a member of the American Society of Portrait Artists,
California Art Club and Oil Painters of America.

His figurative and portrait works are painted mostly from life.
He intermingles the use of photographs
when necessary due to client's time constraints.

When not painting models he is, more often than not,
on the road seeking out the most dynamic natural locations
to set up his easel and paint "en plein air".
  For it is working directly from nature and live models
that he captures and transforms the subtleties of mood,
  light and atmosphere that transport
the viewer most intimately to the scene.