Award-winning WVU artist’s work to be on display at Evansdale Library

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Inspired
by the realism and symmetry of the Renaissance and other times, award-winning West Virginia University senior Patrick Bayly’s
paintings are in a style that is uniquely American. Bayly’s work “New American
Paintings” will be on display at Evansdale Library in August.

Many
of Bayly’s painting subjects are his friends, professors and local
acquaintances. Bayly’s paintings will be complemented by books from the WVU
Libraries’
Myers Collection for context into his style, research, inspiration and process.

A
proactive artist, Bayly started “The Bench” Morgantown artists collective, and
co-founded The Diamond Shop Art Gallery in downtown Morgantown to promote his
peer and local artists, and also to host artists-in-residents. His work is
currently on view in the 2017 Best of West Virginia Open Juried Exhibition,
presented by the Tamarack Artisan Foundation and TAMARCK: The Best of West
Virginia. He was awarded funding through the WVU Summer
Undergraduate Research Experience Program, which allowed him to
paint and research throughout the summer.

“Patrick’s
self-motivation propels him to challenge himself with each new painting,” said Alison
Helm, director of the College of Creative
Arts School of Art and Design. “Patrick possesses the tenacity,
discipline and talent that it takes to be a successful painter.” 

As part of WVU Libraries’ Art in the Libraries
initiative, Bayly’s paintings will be on view on the first
floor of Evansdale Library August 8-30

The Charleston native currently lives in
Morgantown while pursuing his bachelor’s of fine arts degree. His artwork has
been exhibited widely and is held in private collections in Charleston, Atlanta
and Lincoln, Nebraska. He has received several awards including a WVU College
of Creative Arts Scholarship, 2016-2017, and the Director’s Choice Award, 2016
WVU Juried Student Exhibition. 

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mm/07/18/17

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