This is the third volume of paintings by artist Patrick J. Leach. It is divided into three parts to accommodate the large file sizes for online publication. I hope you enjoy viewing these works of art as much as I did creating them. Since becoming a painter, this adds a major dimension to my life that I did not even notice was missing before I began.The beauty of publishing an art book is thatI can allow the paintings to speak for themselves. Theyhave titles for identi...

This is the third volume of paintings by artist Patrick J. Leach. It is divided into three parts to accommodate the large file sizes for online publication. I hope you enjoy viewing these works of art as much as I did creating them. Since becoming a painter, this adds a major dimension to my life that I did not even notice was missing before I began.The beauty of publishing an art book is thatI can allow the paintings to speak for themselves. Theyhave titles for ident...

This volume was originally published in 2015, and complements Volume One and Volume Three. You will want to see the unique and varied styles of painter Patrick Leach. Volume Two contains 225 full color painting images and is divided into parts one and two to accommodate the large file size. You will be pleasantly surprised by the creative style and breadth of diversity contained in this volume.

This artist blends totally abstract imagery with other paintings which bear some semblance of reality in his unique style. Oil and acrylic on canvas is Leach's primary focus, sometimes combining the two. You will be pleasantly surprised by the creative style and breadth of diversity.

This volume was originally published in 2015, and complements Volume One and Volume Three. You will want to see the unique and varied styles of painter Patrick Leach. Volume Two contains 225 full color painting images and is divided into parts one and two to accommodate the large file size. You will be pleasantly surprised by the creative style and breadth of diversity contained in this volume.

This is the third volume of paintings by artist Patrick J. Leach. It is divided into three parts to accommodate the large file sizes for online publication. I hope you enjoy viewing these works of art as much as I did creating them. Since becoming a painter, this adds a major dimension to my life that I did not even notice was missing before I began.The beauty of publishing an art book is thatI can allow the paintings to speak for themselves. Theyhave titles for ident...

This is the story of my family disease of alcoholism and how it affected us.

Please enjoy this book of poetry and art from Patrick J. Leach. A sample is presented here:Eleventh SkySunburnedSkin red and peelingA boy just before he turns into a manPrayers by the river right before it winds aroundAnticipating the drop over NiagaraGrowing up there were good and bad timesLayers upon layers mixing with me trying to make sense of my lifeSo much was lived under so many different skiesThat night near dus...

Enjoy this book of poetry and art by artist and author Patrick J. LeachPhilosophyThe tides rush in and outEndlesslyThe water rises and fallsWe sit on the shoreWe walk following its linesWe grow old and dieBut the sand grows thickerCrabs come and goThe sea gulls fight over foodThat washes up on shoreThe ocean rises and falls

The DisarrayLife is not smooth.Life is hard.Given to uncertainty,Complexity beyondBelief.It is irregular. Unpredictable.Kind and sometimesCruel.Whitecaps on a stormy sea pullingA man under.Life is exhilarating. Impermanent.Digressing. Depressing. A disarray.A fucking messAt times.Then so wonderful and fine I cannotRemember why I felt so bad or scaredOr why I wished

bent grassthis path leading through briers and thickets of tall weedsjust enough room to carry on with some spaces wide enough to restthe sky full of birds and white and silver clouds on bluethen suddenly water sounds and a cool breeze with ocean smellsthe path widens into rolling dunes and bent grassthe surf pounding in on house-sized rocksno one else visible as I walk north trying to find my way homemy mind a mixture of thoughts an...

Great Dams InsideSomeone built great dams in my mind,Thoughts built up and flooded back intoAll the tributaries and open spaces insideIn the alcoholic ward the doctors andNurses treated my diseaseOpened blockages, worked on myYears in the making, settled inRaise the dams slowly, loosened upRivers of thought and poetryArt and words breaking like winterIce on a frozen river, the spring thawIs on and this ...