October 2026 Member of the Month
Meet Patrick Turner
Pat first discovered his love for oil painting at 15 while visiting Montmartre in Paris, where he watched an artist create a bold seascape with a palette knife. His father bought the painting, and the experience sparked a lifelong connection to art. After moving from Oswego, NY, to Huntersville in 1999 and raising a family, life took him away from painting for more than three decades.
Then, in the early days of the pandemic, Pat pulled out the oil paints he had tucked away since 1986—and discovered they were still perfectly good. His passion was instantly reignited, and painting quickly became a four-day-a-week obsession. Today, Pat happily accepts commissions but mostly paints whatever inspires him, trusting that somewhere, someone will fall in love with the finished piece. Pat lives in Huntersville with his wife of 43 years, Cindy, and enjoys time with their grown sons and three-year-old granddaughter, Josephine.
