Biography: James Patrick (1911-1944), Born: Cranbrook, British Columbia; Studied at Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles); Member: California Water Color Society. James Patrick grew up in Southern California and attended high school in Hollywood. In the late 1920s, he received a three-year scholarship to study at the Chouinard Art Institute. During the...... read more
Based on those in Palm Canyon, California
In 1938 the magazine Westways, published by the Automobile Club of California, commissioned Patrick to produce a series of lithographs depicting the "Native Trees of California" to be used as magazine covers from January through June of 1940. This was the first of the series and appeared as the cover of January 1940 issue. Not only is palm the most beautiful in the world, it is the largest native palm in the United States.
Courtesy of son, Ian Patrick
