About | Patti McNutt

Watchtower of The Savannah

Born in Ohio, Patti has lived in Oregon since 1985. She and her husband raised their two boys (aka “World’s Cheapest Models”) in Eugene, a wonderful College town centrally located between the Oregon Coast and Cascade Mountains. Traveling, Hiking and Plein Air painting is a big part of her life. 
 
Painting and teaching artist workshops around the United States and Canada has been her full-time dream job for about eleven years now. She hopes to expand her workshops to other countries as well as offering small group workshops in her Eugene, Oregon studio starting in 2021.

Awards

Springfield Mayor’s Art Show 2023 1st Place Oils Division
Umpqua Plein Air 2023  Award of Distinction 
Umpqua Plein Air 2023  Best Captured Moment Award
Pacific Rim Art Guild Blueberry Festival Show 2023  2nd Place Award
Yamhill Lavender Festival 2023  Wayward Winds Award
Oregon Society of Artists’ 12″x12″ Show 2022  2nd Place Award
Umpqua Plein Air 2022  Honorable Mention
1st Annual Coastal Plein Air 2022  Honorable Mention
Springfield Mayor’s Art Show 2022  Honorable Mention
Oregon Art Society Plein Air Show 2021 1st Place Award
Umpqua Plein Air 2021  2nd Place Award
Umpqua Plein Air 2021 Honorable Mention
Umpqua Plein Air 2021 Honorable Mention
Florence Fest 2019  2nd Place
Umpqua Plein Air 2019  Honorable Mention Plein Air
Springfield Mayor’s Art Show 2018  2nd Place Overall
Springfield Mayor’s Art Show 2016  2nd Place Oils
Create Eugene 2015  1st Place Landscape
Create Eugene 2015  Honorable Mention Cityscape
Umpqua Plein Air 2015  Honorable Mention
Umpqua Plein Air 2014  Honorable Mention
Create Eugene 2014  2nd Place Landscape
Yamhill Lavender Festival 2013  Honorable Mention

Selected Public or Private Collections 

Gordon Hotel  Eugene, Oregon
Mercy Hospital  Roseburg, Oregon
Riverbend Hospital  Eugene, Oregon