Born in Dayton, 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 two hours South of Portland, Oregon. Painting and teaching artist workshops has been her full-time dream job for about ten years now. Patti is also the "Uncoordinated Coordinator" of the Plein Air Painters of Lane County, a group of Artists who meet once a week to paint different locations around the state.