Patrick Marston is a gay artist born 1966 in Columbia CT, has had a studio in Venice for the past 8 years.  Educated at Flager College, B.A., and Pasadena Art Center, Employed with Center Theatre Group (the Ahmanson and Mark Taper Forum) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).  He has shown at the Santora Art Complex, 2010 Palm Springs Modernism Show, the Lowes Santa Monica, and his work is amongst numerous private residence and galleries.  Marston currently has representation with Lianne Gold.

            When Patrick was first asked to donate a body of work by his sister, Polly Marston, he eagerly jumped at the chance to help gay youth, especially the youth associated with True Colors.  He has donated his time and resources to help homeless gay youth in California over the years and strongly felt that the need to assist Connecticut's LGBT youth was definitely a worthy charity.  This is a cause that is near and dear to his heart and he was eager to help True Colors, for all of the amazing, fantastic work that they do.

            This painting is from the "Kundan" series.  Marston has recently completed a series of large whimsical images of goldfish and candy.  Inspired by Erwin Panchsky and Yves Klein, Marston explores iconography by presenting noncomplex subject matter in the context of a gold-leaf background.  His intention is for the viewer to see how this context turns common whimsical images into icons.  The series is meant to contract the images, while amplifying their meaning.  The fish became sacred and deific; the candy, glamorized and commercial.