Patricia LeBon Herb

Patricia LeBon-Herb has studied at the St. Paul’s School of the Associated Arts, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and the Akademie Voor Schone Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium. She is a current exhibitor with Burlington City Arts.  She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists in New York (NAWA).  She has exhibited at the NAWA Gallery in New York City; Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury College; Walk Over Gallery and Art on Main in Bristol; Frog Hollow, Great Falls Club, Art House, Ilsley Library, Carol’s Hungry Mind Café and Storm Café in Middlebury; Champlain Maritime Museum; Fletcher Allen Hospital and the Maltex Building in Burlington.  She is a local curator of fine art and has been a judge for the fall 2010 Woodlands Native American art exhibition in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.  Her artwork has been reproduced on the cover of books published by Oxford University Press and Rowman & Littlefield as well as on posters for the International Film Festival at Middlebury College, Addison County Humane Society, and WomenSafe.  She lives in Middlebury, Vermont. 

I incorporate art into my everyday life. Much of my inspiration comes from my immediate surroundings, people I know, and the places where I have travelled. I feel it is important to catch the true spirit of the moment in one’s work.

A successful painting to me is one that you can get lost into, which is not limited to one exclusive meaning or conclusion. Rather, it is a personal journey within, an emotional response to the subject, colors, brush strokes, composition, and general mood of the painting.

When I paint, I just let the painting take me, where it needs to go.