patrice drago

Patrice Drago is a prolific contemporary East Coast abstract artist.  Originally from New York, she has lived all up and down the coast from Maine to Florida., and currently resides in Annapolis, MD. She's been creating art in one form or another all her life.  

Her artistic roots are in abstract expression; winning her first award at age nine, and at 14 she started painting abstractly on sheets hung from the ceiling with house paint and huge brushes. She pursued studies in all types of media, creating both abstract and representational works while also working diligently to perfect her other passion of writing. Her corporate job of strategic instructional design provided the invaluable creative environment and opportunity to perfect both drawing and writing skills, enabling her to eventually exit the corporate world to switch careers and become a full-time artist.

She has worked to support the arts community through collaborative community art projects, board membership and participation with numerous local and regional non-profit organizations.  For more than a decade she has been blogging about art and is the author of the full page monthly Gallery column in the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.  Her original artwork is exhibited in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Delaware, and her paintings have found homes all over the world in corporate and private collections.