Born in San Francisco, California, Patrick Dintino grew up during the transition of the bay area from orchards and open fields to the business parks of a booming Silicon Valley. His paintings and collage reflect the blurred boundaries of this changing ideological landscape. The color pulsations and patterns of ephemera express the impact on our psyche of the multitude of images and persuasive influences of popular culture. Patrick says, “I want to translate an experience energetically. With blends of color and space I can identify a unique and timely ideal or desire in a visceral engagement.” His paintings explore the complex dance of environment and technology, and our inescapable connection with the information age. Just as we are mesmerized by glowing imagery from electronic media, this work hypnotizes us with breathing colored light that distill perceptions of pleasure and impermanence.
The complex play between aesthetic and metaphor is crucial to Dintino’s work. In his most recent body of work the artist is preoccupied with the idea of voyeurism as a part of everyday life.
As the artist explains, "From instant feeds of images and world events to personal explorations and obsessions, stimuli are readily available for us to soothe and titillate our curiosity. The need to know and understand is a force that affects our judgment with every new thread of information. As we navigate the sensual environment there is an undercurrent of desire and motivation driven by the quest of knowledge. The question becomes then, what is important to us? What are those things that capture our imagination and are so compelling that we cannot divert our eyes? By understanding what captivates us, we can see into our future and free the path of our dreams."
The complex play between aesthetic and metaphor is crucial to Dintino’s work. In his most recent body of work the artist is preoccupied with the idea of voyeurism as a part of everyday life.
As the artist explains, "From instant feeds of images and world events to personal explorations and obsessions, stimuli are readily available for us to soothe and titillate our curiosity. The need to know and understand is a force that affects our judgment with every new thread of information. As we navigate the sensual environment there is an undercurrent of desire and motivation driven by the quest of knowledge. The question becomes then, what is important to us? What are those things that capture our imagination and are so compelling that we cannot divert our eyes? By understanding what captivates us, we can see into our future and free the path of our dreams."
