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Donald Patten
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Artist Statement: “I attend weekly figure drawing sessions at Waterfall Arts in Belfast, Maine. It is a community art center where models pose for 150 minutes so artists can draw them. I have attended these sessions for the past 3 years to regularly practice and improve my drawing abilities. Many confident and proud people of LGBTQ Identities model at these sessions, such confidence and pride they have are very inspirational to me. So I try to honor their willingness to pose by drawing them to the best of my current abilities.”
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Donald Patten is an artist and cartoonist from Belfast, Maine. He creates oil paintings, illustrations, ceramics and graphic novels. His art has been exhibited in galleries throughout Maine. To view his online portfolio, visit @donald.patten on Instagram.
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