Pat Cummins is originally from New York City and now resides in Miami, Florida. She has taught fine arts in Miami-Dade Public School System for the past twenty six years. She has also has been an adjunct professor at Barry University, Miami Shores, for twelve years. She is a resident artist at ArtSouth, an artist community located in Homestead, Florida. She paints on location in oils, but also appreciates the vibrancy and spontaneity of pastels. She enjoys traveling and has spent the last four summers painting in France.

ARTIST STATEMENT
My goal as an artist and a painter is to “arrest motion”, and communicate the beauty found in nature. To make my viewers look again at what we normally take for granted is what I find most important in my work.