In 2026 Pauline Patrick took part in Landscape Artist of The Year, L.A.O.T.Y.

The judges stated the following:

Eva Longret ‘She has managed to tune out the noise, tune out the detail and focus on a few carefully chosen elements that really capture this period of the landscape’

Tai-Shan Shierenberg ‘Pauline’s submission is sublimely cleverly crafted…it does only something painting can do…she has brought that abstract sensitivity to bear, I think it is wonderful’

Pauline studied at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA), where she was tutored by a number of leading Scottish artists, including John Cunningham, whose work is held in the collections of The Hunterian and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

A contemporary painter working across still life and landscape, Patrick explores the liminal space between realism and abstraction – those fleeting moments that sit at the edge of perception, as if glimpsed in peripheral vision. Her practice is rooted in sustained looking and careful selection: she spends long periods gathering visual prompts, waiting for an image, object, or atmosphere to trigger the creative impulse.

In the studio, still life becomes a structured framework through which she can precisely control composition and the direction of light. From initial studies through to the final work, her paintings develop slowly and deliberately. Drafting, revision, and the gradual layering of colour can take weeks, and at times months, as forms are refined and surfaces built up. This measured process allows colour relationships to intensify and creates a distinctive sense of depth and presence, where familiar subjects are subtly destabilised and re-imagined.

Patrick’s work is characterised by confident colour, dynamic form, and a contemporary sensibility shaped by her training at GSA. Her finished paintings are luminous and vibrant, inviting viewers to linger and to reconsider what they think they are seeing.

Pauline Patrick has exhibited widely throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. Her work has been shown in New York, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and is held in private collections worldwide.