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Patrick J. Reynolds (artist)

American artist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ7146819 ↗
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Patrick J. Reynolds (born 1963 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a noted visual artist and published author. Reynolds' work is in collections throughout the United States, including the Pentagon, Covenant Hospice non-profit art center, and Tyndall Air force Base. He is known for his unusual style and application of materials where he creates large-scale works. He is also known for his dynamic teaching style, including the use of a variety of tools in the art world such as the airbrush and raw graphite.

Exhibitions

Reynolds' work has been exhibited in one man shows in galleries and gala events, including the Wyland Gallery, Allure Gallery, Reynolds Gallery (Birmingham, Alabama).

Books

Reynolds is an accomplished author, with titles including Principals of Peace, Journey of Dreams, and Tears of a Dreamer. He has also created a series of videos on the subject of airbrush uses ranging from lettering, color theory, and painting directly on metal.

Articles

Patrick has written articles in many publications on a wide scope of the art world, many in Airbrush Action Magazine (Newark, New Jersey), for example "Airbrushing Special Effects on Vinyl" in Signs of the Times Magazine and "How to Start a Vinyl Lettering Business" in Sign Builder

Other articles include pieces in Art Business News, The News Herald, Airbrush Zeitung, and Truckin Magazine.

Charities

Reynolds has been involved heavily in charities such as [http://www.chsfl.org/Home . Children's Home Society for battered women and children, and Covenant Hospice., where fine art is auctioned off and proceeds go directly to help those in need.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Patrick J. Reynolds (artist)” as american artist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1963. The account is most persuasive where Patrick, Reynolds and artist can be independently traced.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7146819. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1963.

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This entry incorporates text from “Patrick J. Reynolds (artist)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.