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Artist Statement Story telling is easy. My language is the monotype. The voices of my monotypes are Impressionism and Expressionism with its dialect of value, perspective, contrast, and painterly mark making. I enter into making the image with apprehension and caution due to the fact that I do not pre-draw or write out the narrative. With my eyes wide open at the printing press this allows me to develop the story and let the story unfold before me the same way it unfolds for the viewer. The implied story of the print does not mean that the viewer or I should read the image as if it was written text (from right to left) on a page but rather experience it as an alternative visual map that will assist them through the image. Asked if these images are factual or fictional I must say “they are what they are.” All images are rooted in my memories of back home. When recalling memories, time and events can be skewed with other times and events, but at the time of creating the monotypes or it’s completion they are as real as any factual event reported in the newspaper. These events and times of past and present memories are interlock by association to each other. These memories arrange themselves at present as “fragments” that have been assembled for this exhibition similarly to fractured panoramic photographs. It has been years since my last visit back home but through the creation of these monotypes I have kept “back home” real and on the wall. Even after all these years of working with these recall images the comment made to me the other night seems more true than ever, “every image is the beginning of the road rather than the end.”
Flatstone Studio was created by Patrick and Dawn Lindhardt in Tampa, Florida in 1976. Upon graduating from the University of South Florida with a Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Patrick was asked to produce a number of etchings for James Rosenquist. After three month of renovation on a garage behind the Lindhardt’s home the print shop was ready to produce the first etching for international known artist James Rosenquist. With Rosenquist’s help Susan Hall became interested in producing her first etching as well at Flatstone Studio. Rosenquist and Hall eventually created over forty different editions each. Throug out the years that Flatstone Studio was in Tampa, many Artists came to work in the small garage workshop including: Florence Putterman, John Chamberlain, Vito Acconci, Theo Wujcik, Mark Stock, Robert Maplethorpe, and many Florida artists.
Prior to opening Flatstone Studio, Patrick was always interested in collaboration with artists. His first collaboration was with his faculty members while attending Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. After becoming interested in printmaking he was asked to produce editions of work for visiting artists to the Fine Arts department in exchange for a scholarship. During the next two years Patrick printed for George Sugarman, Allen D’arcangelo, Nicholas Krushenick, and Sam Gilliam. After graduating in 1971, Mr. Lindhardt was invited to work at Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, in Tampa, Florida that same year. He started as an assistant for the master printers there, preparing materials for projects; sponging lithographic plates and doing various other job assignments. During the evenings and on weekends he would complete printing assignments given to him by the master printer. After five years of working with internationally invited artists at Grahicstudio such as James Rosenquist, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Bell, Jim Dine, Arakawa, Phillip Pearlstein, and many more, Patrick was considered a Master Printer. Between 1974 and 1976 Patrick attended the Fine Arts graduate program in printmaking and received his degree from USF.
In 1989, Patrick and Dawn moved Flatstone Studio to Sarasota, Florida where he divided his time between the print studio and his new teaching position as printmaking instructor at Ringling College of Art and Design. Due to his teaching regimen Patrick had to decrease the number of artists that could produce work at the studio. In 1993 Flatstone Studio partnered with Ringling College of Art and Design to develop a major visiting artist project entitled “Women and Minority Print Project”. The three primary ideas for this project were: 1. Create and provide works of art for selected visiting artists. 2. Have the student experience collaborative process and produce a professional edition of prints. 3. Give the student real and practical work experience in a Fine Art Printmaking shop. During the projects lifetime over 23 artists were involved: Sue Cole, John Simms, Carol Hepper, Gladys Nilsson, Martha Keller, Melissa Meyer, Joan Truckenbrod, Nancy Fried, and many more (see publication 23 artists in residence).
For more than 30 years Flatstone Studio has been collaborating with artists, producing hand printed finish pieces of artworks ranging from Lithographs (hand-drawn and photo-lithographs), Intaglios (etching, mezzotints, dry points, aquatints, and soft grounds) Screen prints (direct and indirect process), and Monotypes. To this day Patrick Lindhardt’s philosophy for printing has not changed: Produce the very best, creative and professional prints possible and to give back to the artists the same intensity, desire, accomplishment that they gave him. Also, the viewer is an integrated member of the collaboration and should be respected (professionally executed works). And finally, pass on the information that others give you, but add to that wealth of knowledge with your own.
Patrick Louis Lindhardt
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Master of Fine Arts Degree, 1977
Emphasis: Printmaking
Saint Cloud State College, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, 1972
Major: Printmaking
Minor: Jewelry and Painting
1989- to Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida.
present Instructor: Printmaking; Etching, Lithography, Screen Printing, Relief printing, Book Arts
Additional teaching assignments; Color and Design, Drawing, Continuing Adult education: Printmaking, Bookmaking
1993-to Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont
present Adjunct instructor; Graduate Studies Printmaking
1993-1995 Wildacres Retreat, Ringling School of Art and Design, Little Switzerland, North Carolina.
Instructor: Printmaking, Bookmaking
1989-1995 Ringling Spring Workshop, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida.
Instructor: Printmaking, Bookmaking,
1976- to Flatstone Studio, Tampa and Sarasota Florida.
present Owner and Master Printer, Printer’s of Fine Art Lithographs and Etchings. A contract Print shop.
1987- 1989 Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, Florida.
Advanced and Intermediate Level Art Instructor
1985-1997 Fly by Night Screen Printing Outfit, Tampa, Florida.
Project supervisor, Printer, Photo Darkroom Technician
1984-1986 Florida Center for the Contemporary Arts, Tampa, Florida.
Exhibition Committee. Nonprofit Alternative Exhibition Gallery
1984, 1986 The Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, Florida.
Print Project Supervisor and Printer
1983 ` Gemini, Los Angeles, California.
James Rosenquist Project, Technical Advisor and Printer
Experience Cont.
1975-1979 James Rosenquist Aripeka, Florida and New York City, New York.
Printer and Studio Assistant
1977-1978 Holt, Rinehart and Winston Publishers, New York City, New York.
Consultant and Process Demonstrator for Printmaking, Donald Saff and Deli Sacilotto.
1976-1977 University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Courses Taught; Introduction to
Printmaking, Lithography, Etching.
1977 Pyramid Arts Limited, Tampa, Florida
Printer for Jim Dine and James Rosenquist Projects
1975-1977 Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Studio Assistant, Printer, Fabricator
Lectures and Workshops 2008 “The Big Draw”, South Shore Arts Council, Ruskin, Florida
2008 ‘Collaboration”, Fine Arts Department, University of South Florida, Tampa,Florida
2003 –05 Ringling School of Art And Design Teachers Workshop, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. Printmaking workshop; Etching and Bookbinding Formats
2000 Florida Arts Educators Association, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. Bookbinding workshop; Non-adhesive Binding
1999 “Safety in the Print Studio,” Health Problems in the Arts Workshop, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Bayside Convention Center, Bradenton, Florida
1997 “Think It, Ink It” Southern Graphic Council, 25 Th. Annual Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Presenter-Book Arts
1997 Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, Florida. Printmaking workshop
1996 Manatee Community College, Bradenton and Venice, Florida.
Etching and Monotype Workshop
1995 “Sarasota Thinks,” Sarasota, Florida.
Interdisciplinary Workshop; Creative Thinking and Repetition
1995 Florida Arts Educators Association, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. Bookbinding workshop; Non-adhesive Binding
1993-1994 Ringling Spring Art Workshop, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. Printmaking workshop;
1990 Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Contemporary Printmaking Lecture and Hands-on Workshop
1990 Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
Printmaking Workshop
1990,1992 Tampa Bay Independent School Systems, Tampa, Florida.
1994 “Printmaking in the Pupil School”, “Printing Without a Printing Press”, Lecturer/Workshop
1990-1991 The Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida.
Workshop; silk screening and Photo Screen printing
1983-1994 Hillsborough and Pinellas County Public School Districts, St.
1992-1999 Petersburg and Tampa, Florida.
Lecturer and Visiting Artist; Printmaking
1986 Indianos School of Fine Art and Gallery, Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Guest lecturer and printmaking workshop
1977-1989 Fine Arts Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Lecturer and Workshop; Lithography and Etching
1976 Gulf Coast Arts Center, Belleair, Florida.
Guest Lecturer and Workshop; Printmaking
1976 Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, Tennessee.
Guest Artist and Workshop; Printmaking; Lithography
Professional Memberships
College Art Association
Florida Center for the Contemporary Arts
Florida Printmaking Society
Southern Graphic Council
Selected Exhibitions/Group Shows
2009 Society of Artists, Fine Arts Gallery, Manatee Community College,Bardenton, Florida
2008 Lynn Merhige Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
2008 Book Arts Exhibition, The Studio at Gulf and Pine, Holmes Beach, Florida
2008 Tinta Fresca, ManateeArt Center, Bradenton, Florida
2008 Saasota Ink, Anna Marie Island Art League, Holmes Beach, Florida
2008 Fragments: Patrick Lindhardt and Flatsone Studios, C.Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
2007 Escapes: Matthew and Patrick Lindhardt, C.Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
2007 Lynn Merhige Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
2006 Directors Choice, Peter Paul Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2006 The Ringling Connection, C.Emerson, St, Petersburg, Florida
2006 Imprint V, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
2006 Lynn Merhige Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
2005 Check the Fine Print, Peter Paul Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2004 Florida Printmakers Portfolio Exhibition, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
2004 Sarasota Ink, The Roskamp Center, Sarasota, Florida
1989-05 Faculty Exhibition, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
Selected Exhibitions/Group Shows Con’t
2001 Florida Printmakers Society Exhibition, Juror and featured exhibitor, Venice Art Center, Venice Florida
1997 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition Gallery at 508, Sarasota, Florida
1997 Florida Printmaker’s Society Invitational Exhibition, Ybor City, Florida
1997 Eight Book Makers’, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
1996-97 “Tenth Annual Mini Print International Exhibition,” traveling show, Phoenix
Gallery, Hartwick College Museum, Oneonta, New York
1997 “Monotype/Monoprint,” Manatee Community College, Bradenton, Florida
1996 “Block Prints in America,” Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
1996 Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
1995 Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Ft. Myers, Florida
1989-99 Selby Gallery, Annual Faculty Exhibition Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
1994 “Five Printmakers,” Council for the Arts, Jacksonville, North Carolina
1994 Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
1989-99 Art Expressions, Melbourne, Florida
1989 Tampa Library Gallery, Tampa, Florida
1989 Gillman/Stein Gallery, Tampa, Florida
1987 Lazzara Gallery, Tampa, Florida
1987 Paragon Gallery, Tampa, Florida
1987 Theater Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
1986 Heath Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1986 Indianos Gallery, Tarpon Springs, Florida
1984 Maitland Art Center, Maitland, Florida
1977 Theater Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
1976 Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
1976 Tampa Bay Art Center, Tampa, Florida
Selected Exhibition/Competition Shows
2000,01,02 Parkside National Small Prints Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
1999 Members Exhibition, Sarasota Visual Art Center, Sarasota, Florida
1998 Real Lush, Too, Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Ft. Myers, Florida.
1997 Micro and Macro, Sarasota Visual Art Center, Sarasota, Florida
1996 AMERICAS 2000, Twenty-Fifth Annual Works on Paper Competition Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
1996 Real Lush, Too, The St. Petersburg Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.
1996 Real Lush, Too, Florida Gallery, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
1995 Le Petit III, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon.
1995 Under Pressure, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona.
1995 Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
1994, Parkside National Small Prints Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Selected Exhibition/Competition Shows (Con't.)
1994 Fifteenth Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Community Art Center, Greensboro, North Carolina.
1992 Small Work, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida.
1988 Open Competition, Florida Center of the Arts, Tampa, Florida.
1985,87 Members competition, Artist Alliance, Ybor City, Florida.
1982 First Tampa Museum Biennial, Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida.
1979 Sixth British International Print Biennial, Bradford Art Galleries and Museum, Bradford, England.
1978 Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
1978 Fifth Annual Drawing and Print Competition, Valencia, Community College, Orlando, Florida.
1978 Pensacola National Drawing Competition, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida.
1978 Sixteenth Annual Fine Arts Competition, Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, Florida.
1977 Fourth Annual Drawing and Print Competition, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida.
Portfolios
2009 Black Flag Portfolio, Fine Arts Department, Manatee Community College, Bardenton, Florida
1991-2008 ABRASION PORTFOLIO, Fine Arts Department, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
2004 7 Deadly Sins, University of South Dakota, Vermilion, South Dakota.
1994,1996 Southern Graphic Council Annual Print Exchange, Kansas City Art Institute,
1997,1999 Baltimore College of Art, University of West Virginia, University of South
2000, 2001 Florida, Arizona State University.
1992, 2001 Black Hills Print Symposium, University of South Dakota, Vermilion, South Dakota.
1991,1993, Printmaking Portfolio, Fine Arts Department, University of South Florida, 1995,1998 Tampa, Florida.
1991 Bradley Portfolio, Fine Art Department, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
1978-79 Creative Arts Students Anthology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Artist / Printmaker Collaboration
Allan D’Arcangelo David Brown Robert Risling Arakawa
James Rosenquist Jim Dine Philip Pearlstein Robert Raucshenberg
Larry Bell Bruce Marsh Theo Wujcik Bradly Nickles
Susan Hall Marion Schapiro Elizabeth Indianos Robert Peterson Robert Schott Chuck Close Florence Putterman Julio Juristo
Sandy Winters Craig Rubadoux Nancy Freid Carol Hepper
Leislie Lerner Mark Stock Gladys Nilsson Henry Pearson
Artist / Printmaker Collaboration Con’t
Tony Rice Sandy Winters Marshall Arisman Leslie Fry
Malissa Myers Lisa Hoke Martha Keller Sue Coe
Micheal Glier Allan Cober Allan Magee Allison Crocetta
Printmaking Expertise
Lithography
Stone Lithography Plate Lithography Crayon Drawing & Tusche Washes Lithography
Photo Lithography Multiple Plate Lithography
Intaglio
Copper and Zinc Plate Acid Etching Line Etching (soft and Hard Grounds) Aquatints Sugar Lifts Soft Ground lifts Spit bite Transfer Etching Solvent Lifts
White Ground KPR Photo Process Keith Howard Safe Photo Process Steel and Nickel Plate Facing
Relief Printing
Collagraph Japanese Wood Block Printing Western Woodcut Printing Found Object Printing Photographic Wood Block Printing Embossing Plaster Cast Printing
Screen Printing
Screen Construction Water Base Printing Solvent Base Printing
Direct Drawing Process Direct and Indirect Photo Process Textile printing
Additional Printmaking Process
Chine colle’ Solvent Transfers Hand coloring Book binding Portfolio/box Construction Collage Processes Papermaking
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