Patrick Semple is an American abstract painter who works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Painting since childhood, Semple takes influence finding beauty in natural settings, from world travel, the life-death-life cycle that encompasses nature, infrastructure and everyday surrounding relationships between old and new.  The decay and regeneration of cites,  of human relationships and the regenerative life-force of nature are all fuel for his painting practice, turning on his awareness and appreciation of the natural world.   

          For Semple, painting is a unique opportunity to live out his deepest inner-broadcasts and knowings.   Extracting inspiration from environmental elements, he plays with chance and accidents as a conveyance for his interior mind to incarnate onto the exterior world using the materiality of newsprint, canvas scraps, fabrics, paints, and mediums to bring forth joy and value.  A few artists that he draws inspiration from are Antoni Tapies, Agnes Martin, Rachel Jones, Oscar Murillo and Jorge Galindo.  Exploring city-scapes, wilderness areas and foreign countries on foot, Semple’s process remains fluid and spontaneous, mimicking the emotional experience of being one with external forces. He moves back and forth from altered states of consciousness and pragmatic considerations of painting as he creates.

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-Inspired by interview with Clarisse Abelarde

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