Patten, Williams, Winfield & Ciccariello Exhibition Video

The Rice Polak is proudly exhibiting the work of William Ciccariello, Nick Patten, Ruth Williams & Robin Winfield. Enjoy this video of our second feature show:

And if you click here you can see the wonderful article in Provincetown Magazine about Nick Patten!

Patten’s works are striking, emotional, and entrancing. Regarding them, one has the feeling of discovering a space—almost always an interior—and the feelings evoked by that space: awe, ennui, captivation, quietude, and whimsy, practically in equal measure. His careful hand with light is never overplayed: while a streak or two of light in, for example, a John Singer Sargent scene might snare an eye from across a room, Patten’s light is subtle, soft, ethereal, demands some study. He’s been compared to Johannes Vermeer, but one might say that while Vermeer created souls with things, Patten creates things with souls. They are not dramatic images, they’re images of drama. One reason he has been so successful is his unique process.

G.W. Mercure, Provincetown Magazine 

Featured work above: “Solitude” by Nick Patten