Artist and author Pat Wooldridge was born in Maine and raised her family there. She now lives and works in Saco. Graphite pencil is her medium of choice because of the fine details and subtle shading it provides. She also works in pen and ink, colored pencil and --- now and then --- watercolor and pastel, occasionally also creating works from Cut Paper, otherwise known as silhouette art. While concentrating mainly on horses, she also enjoys painting mules, cattle, dogs, cats, barns and homes, and fishing flies, and wouldn't mind doing some lizard and bird drawings as well. Old wagons, buggies, antique autos and motorcycles are also on her mind.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:

Juried Shows:		The American Academy Of Equine Art, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY The Draft Horse Classic, Nevada County Fairgrounds,Grass Valley, CA; First Place award, among others. The Spirit Of Equus, Coventry, GA In Maine: Annual Arts & Artisans Fair, Lovell The Cry Of the Loon Gallery, Casco Western Maine Art Group shows, Norway;several awards including Second Place Waterville Area Art Show
Open Shows:		Massachusetts Equine Art & Photography Show; Best Of Show and several First & Second Place, Gore Place,Waltham,MA Norway Art Fair, Norway, ME, since 1993; The Vera Emerson Award in 1994 Bethel Art Fair, Bethel, ME ; First Place Portland Sidewalk Show, Portland, ME Art At Schooner Estates, Auburn, ME , Second Place Festival d'Art, Auburn, ME
Maine state and County Fairs:		Fryeburg Fair, Fryeburg, ME , since 1993; Judge's Special Awards, also many First & Second Place Windsor Fair, Windsor, ME, since 2000; Judge's Special Awards, many First & Second Place Common Ground Fair, Unity, ME ; Judge's Special Award & First Place Cumberland Fair, Cumberland, ME ; First & Second Place World's Greatest Fair, Waterford, ME; many First & Second Place Oxford County Fair, Oxford, ME; Judge's Special Awards & several First & Second Place

EQUINE TRADE SHOWS: The Equine Affaire, Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds, West Springfield, MA

ART PUBLICATION:		Equine Images -- a magazine of equine art Polo Magazine's Players' Sporting Art Issues 2002 & 2003 Cover art: The Chronicle Of the Horse Brio! -- a magazine devoted to the Paso Fino breed
AUTHORSHIP:		I wrote and illustrated Draw & Color Beautiful Horses for Breakthrough Publications of New York. Published in 1996, it is still in publication. Short story, Beautiful Among the Waves, Stable Kids Magazine Short story, The Horse Who Was Carried, Happiness Magazine
EDUCATION:		Self-taught through observation and art books, with two workshops in watercolor and one in oils. Completed a writing course with The Institute Of Children's Literature, West Redding, CT
COLLECTIONS:		My artwork is now in collections throughout the Northeast and in North Carolina; Michigan; Georgia; Tennessee; Idaho; California; in Canada and in Europe.
REPRESENTED BY:		The Black Horse Tavern, Bridgton, ME The Craft Center at Fryeburg Fair, Fryeburg, ME , where I have had Space #07 since 2001. All work appearing in The Craft Center is juried for acceptance each year.