Patrick O’Donnell was born in Leeds.  He trained in Harrogate and Southampton, where he was awarded a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting, before settling on the South Coast to live and paint.

His work is inspired by the elements and earth’s replenishing processes, and he is concerned to explore the effects of light.  Rather than simply illustrate natural phenomena, his intention is to celebrate them by experimental manipulation of paint.  His paintings are brooding landscapes of vivid colour and bold composition. With a nod to the apocalyptic visions of John Martin, Joseph Wright and JMW Turner, they are highly dramatic, with an almost religious intensity. He may find inspiration in the solidity of the real world - printed images, personal photos - but his painting is a far more intuitive process. The composition and colour evolves through the application of layer after layer of paint. Perhaps it is this process that gives the paintings their richness.

Patrick has won an Arts Council Award, and the freshness of his work has attracted much attention.  Enid Lawson Gallery has shown his work in London since 2003, with great success.