Patsie McCandless was born in New England. She holds degrees from Rosemont College, Philadelphia, and the University of RI. She is the author and illustrator of the award-winning series, Becoming Jesse ~ celebrating the every day magic of childhood.

Self-taught in the fine arts, she is an award-winning watercolorist and paper artist. She began her professional career in watercolor, painting land and seascapes from a beautiful island in Narragansett Bay, where she grew up. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, arts centers and museums in New England.

Upon viewing a PaperSolo, you may presume that you are looking at a sumptuous oil painting – or – perhaps a vivid – or soft – watercolor. Move closer and you maybe startled to discover that the art is wrought entirely in paper. Every line and every aspect of highlights, shadows, contrast, color and shade is intricately cut and elegantly layered in exotic jewel-toned papers.