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
A California art print on Arches watercolor paper. 100% archival, and printed in HD.
The story behind this dramatic piece that I was told since early childhood is that a lion got loose from a circus cage and roamed the streets of L.A. for a while. I guess it was a big news item there for a couple of days until the lion was retrieved and returned to his cage. Evidently it caught my father's imagination.
Courtesy of son, Ian Patrick
