Introduction by P Craig RU A few years ago fellow cartoonist Brian Apthorp se ing drawing samples of a young student of his Seeing si style and influence between Patrick's work and my ov European Art Nouveau what he sent me was a Batma glass window he asked if I might have any suggestior eventually made contact and he began sending me copi Unlike so many young artists over the years who h and who I ve spent an hour or two with making sugge etc and who go off and are never heard from again P bilities presented to him and returned in a few weeks or piece presented a significant advance over his previous 1 a weekly basis It was very exciting to witness Patrick being still a somewhat shy young man this it was my pleasure a couple of years ago to escort him him and his work to the editors of a half dozen or Marvel DC superhero comics publishing houses Se watched with particular interest as Thierry Nantier of N criticizing and suggesting as I happily noticed with the not being sent back to the studio to try again but is inst I think The Yellow Jar the book that resulted from work and I take great pleasure in being here to toast a Here's to many
me a package contain milarities of temperament particularly that of Japanese woodblock prints and story drawn in the style of an Art Nouveau stained for the obviously talented young artist Patrick and I of his latest work through the mail and by e mail shown me their work with a request for a critique on storytelling techniques composition layout actually addressed the new challenges and possi a month or two with an entirely new story Every new His artistic growth could be charted literally on will pass was hesitant to put himself forward and so the San Diego Comic Convention and introduce So alternative ie outside the mainstream world of expressed immediate interest in his work and I BM sat down and very carefully addressed his work air of an editor handling the work of an artist who is being readied for publication and Thierry s initial meeting is a stellar piece of artist s inaugural
