Patricia Banks is a Canadian Landscape, Nature and Wildlife painter best known for her detailed oil and acrylic paintings. She travels widely and is inspired by the magnificence and splendor of the natural environment. Her work is sensitive and evokes the moods and emotional effects of atmosphere revealing an intuitive grasp of the subtleties of time and place.

Patricia's paintings begin outdoors as sketches and plein air studies applying direct experience and observation in nature. She can often be found painting on location, or in her studio using the reference material she has gathered to create a larger painting.

Patricia has exhibited across Canada and in the USA, and she has won several awards for her work. She has been an invited workshop presenter for the BC Art Teachers' Association and enjoys teaching drawing and painting classes and workshops. Patricia has written numerous art related articles for various publications, and for eight years she wrote a monthly column called Art Adventures for Nanaimo Magazine and Voyageur Magazine to promote artistic inspiration and appreciation of nature and the environment.

Patricia is a graduate of the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. She is a Signature member of Artists for Conservation, and a juried member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and Oil Painters of America, organizations that regularly show their members’ work in International Gallery shows and Art Museum exhibitions.

Patricia’s work can be found in collections throughout the world.