Patrick Copperwhite was born in Galway went to St. Joseph's College and graduated from UCG with a degree in Science in 1959. He worked for a time with I.C.I. in England, and in mining in Zambia and South Africa, and as a teacher in Nigeria. He returned to Ireland in 1965, married two years later and had four children.

Pat built his own studio/gallery onto their home. He did a great deal of work there, but much prefered to paint outdoors, especially in Connemara. His response to the landscape was immediate with a fairly rapid application of paint, sometimes in impasto fashion, using knife or brush. At other times he resorted to thinner, more tonal application of paint, using quick brush strokes to achieve the essential quality of his subject. Occasionally the unplanned and accidental fusion of pigments on the canvas gave a new exciting energy to the overall impression he strived to achieve.

Pat was primarily a landscape painter with a deep interest in portraiture. He exhibited widely in group shows throughout the country and was a chairman of Limerick Art Society.

Patrick Copperwhite passed away in 2022.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

RHA Dublin
Solomon Gallery Dublin (Gallery artist since 1984)
Limerick Art Society Event
The Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
Mid West Touring Exhibition
Limerick Civic Week AIB Exhibitions
Dublin Millennium Exhibition
Goodwin Gallery, Limerick
Kenny Gallery Galway

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

TSB Limerick
The Mellick, Limerick
The Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
Renvyle House Hotel, Co. Galway
Boston Irish Week Exhibition
An Dámhlann, Spiddal