Patricia Mae Young traces her love for art to when she was a small child living with her grandmother. Patty loved drawing murals on her bedroom walls, and her grandmother loved what she saw!

In lower school her artistic talents were soon well known to her teachers, who put her in charge of keeping the schoolrooms beautiful, and encouraged her in many other ways. With their support she took art classes at Carnegie-Mellon University while she was still in highschool.

She knew that the life of a fine artist would be the only truely satisfying life, and that the path leading to such a life was long and difficult. She set forth by studying commercial art at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Free-lanceing for many years as an interior design illustrator, and taking fine art classes at night, she nurtured her natural talents, and strengthened her artistic spirit.

She then lived in Singapore where she took Chinese Brush painting from a very respected artist with training in both Eastern and Western art. Upon returning she has focused on Pastels and Watercolors, and has honed her skills in Provence and Spain.